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Stoughtonham Furnace Site

Coordinates: 42°04′56″N 71°12′44″W / 42.0823°N 71.2122°W / 42.0823; -71.2122
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Stoughtonham Furnace Site
The dam at Gavins Pond, in or near the site.
Stoughtonham Furnace Site is located in Massachusetts
Stoughtonham Furnace Site
Stoughtonham Furnace Site is located in the United States
Stoughtonham Furnace Site
Nearest cityFoxborough and Sharon, Massachusetts
Built1762
NRHP reference No.84002881 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 16, 1984

Stoughtonham Furnace Site is the site of a colonial-era iron foundry in Foxborough and Sharon, Massachusetts. First established in the 1760s, the site drew the attention of artillery colonel Richard Gridley following the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War in 1775. Gridley and some business partners acquired the property, and the foundry produced cannons and ammunition for the Continental Army throughout the war.[2]

The site, located in the Gavin's Pond area near the Foxborough line, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ History of Norfolk County

42°04′56″N 71°12′44″W / 42.0823°N 71.2122°W / 42.0823; -71.2122