Ironton a Thrifty Place

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"We have received a letter from R.M.Stim-son, Editor of the " Register," Ironton, Ohio, stating, that the said village is an iron manufacturing town, only three years old, and yet it contains, by enumeration, at the present moment, a population of 2,003 inhabitants. No less than 10,000,000 bricks have already been laid in dwelling and business edifices. Arail-road has been built for 13 miles into the furnace region, and things appear to be in an active and progressive state. Bye-and-by there will be iron houses built in Ironton, and then it will be Jully entitled to the name, with ail exclamation mark attached to it

Scientific American Magazine Vol 8 Issue 8This article was published with the title “Ironton a Thrifty Place” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 8 No. 8 (), p. 62
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican11061852-62h

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