Piles and piles of wood. Does it sound like our yard now that my
husband is ready for the wood burning season? No, I’m referring to the piles
and piles of wood prepared by long ago employees of Greenwood Furnace, woodcutters.
First, woodcutters visited the company office in the fall to
get their contracts. Since the furnace shut down in winter, iron workers
sometimes turned into woodcutters. Greenwood Furnace paid for 5,000 cords of
wood each year to be made into charcoal to fuel each of its furnace stacks. That much wood came from
approximately 150 acres of woodland. The best cutter from the previous season Read More
