Location: Valley Forge, Chester County
Dates of Operation: c1742 to 1777
Owners: Stephan Evans, Daniel Walker, and Joseph Williams; John Potts
Historical Significance: Valley Forge was a full-fledged iron works, with a bloomery, chafery, finery, and a grist mill. The site was important enough for the British to burn it to the ground in September 1777, just three months before George Washington and the Continental Army camped at Valley Forge.
