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Iron Ore: Revolutionary Metal
Reposted from battlefields.org

In the Revolutionary War, equipping an army required huge amounts of iron, for everything from bayonets and cannonballs to cooking pots. That made the Colonial iron industry a high priority for the Patriots – and a target for the British. (Runtime 2:07)
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