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Iron Industry

Iron Industry

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  • Title Iron Industry
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  • Keywords toward the end of the colonial period, Colonel William Wofford built an ironworks near the present location of Spartanburg, Hill’s Iron Works, South Carolina Manufacturing Company, Nesbitt Manufacturing Company, late nineteenth century, southern iron became unsuitable for conversion into steel, pricing system known as “Pittsburgh plus”
  • Website Name South Carolina Encyclopedia
  • Publisher University of South Carolina, Institute for Southern Studies
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  • Access Date December 7, 2025
  • Original Published Date
  • Date of Last Update August 5, 2022

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