MA-004 Iron Works

Marker text: IRON WORKS

"The Company of Undertakers for the Iron Works," consisting of English gentlemen and colonists, erected a furnace on this site in 1643. Joseph Jenks, their employe, built a forge here in 1647, invented the modern type of scythe, and built Boston's first fire engine.

Massachusetts Bay Colony-Tercentenary Commission.

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Location: 244 Central Street, Saugus inside Saugus Iron Works National Historical Site, Essex County, Massachusetta

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