Old Iron Furnaces of Venango & Clarion Counties, PA (1820 - 1850)

OLD IRON FURNACES IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: :This video takes the viewer back to the early 1800s when Iron Furnaces dotted the landscape in Venango and Clarion counties, Pennsylvania. The video shows and explains how the old furnaces were setup and how they worked. The narrated video features pictures of many of the old furnaces taken by my father in the 1950s. It provides and inspiring look back at the adventurist industrialist of and age gone by. ALSO see video "THE EARLY PENNSYLVANIA OIL INDUSTRY" where over 13,000 views have been recorded on YouTube at    • The Early Pennsylvania Oil Industry   FINNALY, check out my book "Coming of Age in 1950s Rural Western Pennsylvania." about the adventures and travails of a young man growing up in that time period in Western Pennsylvania. Go to "Sheffer's FaceBook Channel" to shop the book. RESPECTIVELY RICK SHEFFER