Other notable buildings include Watch Towers at the cemetery (1827 and 1829) and early 19th-century iron mills.

The iron mills fell into decline, however, as steel replaced iron in the 20th century.

The forge was mentioned if reference to the sale of two iron mills at Birchden in 1709 and 1719.

After about four months of this work, he returned to the iron mills, and also engaged to improve the conditions of the workers there.

After his parole, he occasionally worked in iron mills while becoming a skilled "jug marker," someone who chooses which bank to rob.

Furnaces and Forges were sometimes called iron mills.

Mining towns sprang up all over the region, while iron mills and factories were built along the rivers.

Around 1850 its structural use became more widespread as iron mills began to roll rails, bulb-tees, and eventually I-beams.

(The construction of new iron mills had been prohibited by the British Crown since 1750).

Iron prices fell, forcing many American iron mills to shut down.