Saugus Iron Works is not really all that exciting. Interesting, yes; but not exciting. Let me give you a quick synopsis. It's the first industrial iron manufacturing plant in the new world. It dates back to the 1600's. It was very progressive but, even so, it wasn't profitable and only operated for two decades. It did pave the way for other iron works though, so it wasn't all a waste. The buildings that are on the site now are reproductions.
There are a couple interesting side topics I'd liked to include in this entry.
Occassionally, we'll see an old home that is painted black - or very dark brown. The photo at the left is a good example. These buildings were at Saugus Iron Works. Pa
ul Revere's house was this color too. What is interesting it that one of the buildings at Saugus was not painted. It was singed and it turned out almost the identical color. I can't find any proof but maybe this is what was done to wood to preserve it before paint was practical. It's just a theory. Check out the photo to the right.
Another interesting thing in this part of the country is granite curbs. Concrete curbs are extremely rare, while granite curbs are everywhere. For some reason I thought it was a left over practice, that is, until we saw some brand new ones in a construction zone. Here's a photo of a middle aged curb.
Anyway... here's the interesting part. Oops... I should be including this in the next blog on Vermont; but, I'll cheat. In one small town
in Vermont, we saw white marble curbs!!
That was amazing.I'm sorry; I didn't get a picture of it. To make up for it, I took this photo of a sign that made me laugh. Maybe it'll make you laugh too.
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