Basic Information

Visitors gaze at the turning basin from between the forge and blast furnace

NPS Photo / Jonathan Parker

Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site preserves and interprets the first sustained, integrated iron works in British Colonial America, which operated on the Saugus River from 1646 to 1670.

This twelve-acre site contains a museum, reconstructed industrial buildings, working waterwheels, a reproduction blacksmith shop, a 17th-century home, herb garden, a half-mile nature trail, picnic area, visitor center, and dock.

 

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Visitor Centers

National Park Service staff, partners and volunteers are available to assist visitors at the Broadhearth Visitor Center.

Internet & Cellular Access

Public WiFi is available.

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