Irontown, Utah p.8

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Title	Irontown, Utah p.8
Collection	Classified Photograph Collection
Identifier	39222001436216
Photo Number	15439
Classification	979.2
Photographer	Cooley, E. L.
Publisher	Utah State Historical Society
Date of photograph	April 1963
Date.original	1963-04
Subject	Cities and towns; Mining towns; Iron mining; Ghost towns; Abandoned buildings
Geopolitical place	Irontown; Iron County; Utah
Description	Remains of Irontown, probably the Blast Furnace and Molding Shop (see No. 15440 and 15441).Old Irontown was settled in the 1850s for the purpose of mining iron ore, however, the venture quickly proved unsuccessful and Old Irontown became Utah's first ghost town.
Rights management	Digital Image © 2011 Utah State Historical Society. All Rights Reserved.
Holding institution	Utah State Historical Society
Relation	Classified Photograph Collection, 979.2 Utah Cities
Source format	Print Photograph
Source size	8 in x 10 in
Type	image
Format.use	image/jpg
Scanned by	Karl Nicholson and Earl Hindley, USHS

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