A Bloom is a forged hunk, bar or chunk of metal. Therefore, a Bloomery is a place that makes the stuff. I think! Bruce Lloyd On Wed, 4 Oct 2006 14:28:32 -0400 "Travis, John" <[log in to unmask]> writes: > What's a BLOOMERY? > > -----Original Message----- > From: A LISTSERV list for discussions pertaining to New York State > history. [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of George > McNulty > Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 7:08 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [NYHIST-L] 19th century bloomery > > > I am attempting to map a site in Westport, Essex County, containing > a > mid 19th century water powered bloomery. A deed of 1890 (ten years > after > the bloomery ceased operation) makes a reference to a property > corner as > being at “the bulkhead of W. P. and P. D. Merriam’s forge”. Can > someone > explain the relationship of a bulkhead to a forge for me? > >