Copake Iron Works Historic Site — Attraction in Town of Copake

Ruins of a mainstay of industrial production in this region. This blast furnace and smithy were owned and operated by a family, the Pomeroys, who arrived from Massachusetts. Remnants of their trade’s equipment are on display in the museum on-site, including an ore-crusher patented by Eli Whitney Blake, grandson of Eli Whitney, famous inventor of the cotton gin. There are also ruins of the coal shed used in the...

Nice site with a well documented story, but strolling around its possible to see so many small improvements that could have been made, and so much more excavation and protection of the historical site, those stone retaining walls are ready to fall... Although the grass around the furnace is cut there is weed taking over everywhere else... Beautiful place, full of story just needing a bit more of...

Very impressive area .The Copake Iron Works was established in 1845 at the base of the Taconic Ridge in Copake. They are associated with the remaining vestiges of the Copake Iron Works, an iron extraction and production operation established in the mid-19th century. It includes the remains of a charcoal blast furnace frame office and attached brick powder storage . Very nice trip...