• Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site

    Saugus Iron Works

    National Historic Site Massachusetts

Press Kit

This press kit is designed to assist journalists and others with general park information, statistics and other background materials about Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site.

Administration
Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site is one of almost 400 National Parks administered by the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. Park Superintendent, Michael Quijano-West, 978-740-1680.

Physical resources
9 acres, 1 historic home, 3 reproduction industrial buildings, 3 working waterwheels, 1 blacksmith shop, 1 museum, 1 estuary and stream.

Established
April 5th, 1968 by Congress to "preserve the first sustained integrated ironworks in the Thirteen Colonies."

Visitation
10,775 visitors (2010). Park averages 10,000+ visitors/year. Park visitors contributed $700,000 to the local economy (2010).

More information
Contact public information officer Jonathan Parker.

Did You Know?

Saugus Iron Works NHS - blast furnace, forge , slitting mill, warehouse and dock seen from Saugus River

In 1634 author William Wood described the Saugus River, "These flatts make it unnavigable for shippes, yet at high water great Boates, Loiters, and Pinnaces of 20, and 30 tun, may saile up to the plantation". The Oxford English Dictionary uses Wood's description to help define the word "lighter".