High-Resolution Electrical Resistivity Imaging at a Former Industrial Furnace Site, PA, USA

Kulessa, Bernd; Haney, Susanne; McCarthy, Paul J.; Chiarulli, Beverly

doi:10.3997/2214-4609-pdb.10.b010

Near Surface 2004 - 10th EAGE European Meeting of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics 2004

DOI: 10.3997/2214-4609-pdb.10.b010

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High-Resolution Electrical Resistivity Imaging at a Former Industrial Furnace Site, PA, USA

Bernd Kulessa¹,

Susanne Haney²,

Paul J. McCarthy³

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Large-scale geophysical reconstruction of man-made ground at former industrial iron-furnace plantations

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Blast-iron-furnace plantations were widespread throughout colonial and postcolonial America and therefore represent sites of specific archaeological interest. Because such plantations often were a really extensive, historical reconstruction of a site is challenging using conventional archaeological field techniques alone. Therefore, we appraise the usefulness of integrating magnetic gradiometer, electrical-resistivity tomography ͑ERT͒, and electromagnetic ͑EM31͒ data in detecting and delineating buried structures related to former operation of the Shade furnace, a typical industrial plantation in 19th-century Pennsylvania. The geophysical results were ground-truthed in seven locations by archaeological excavation. Geophysical results demonstrated that ͑1͒ the distribution of remaining original soils could be mapped; ͑2͒ waste materials ͑e.g., slag, used brick, burned charcoal, iron ore, and broken-up sandstone or limestone͒ within or above the original soils could be detected and delineated, whether the material occurred in pits or lenses or was dispersed across the ground surface; and ͑3͒ the location and spatial extent of many former structures related to furnace operation could be identified, such as building or bridge foundations and casting-related structures ͑e.g., the tapping channel or the casting floor, and the former courses of a water canal ͑raceway͒ and a supply road͒. We conclude that geophysical techniques can play a key role in reconstructing man-made ground at former industrial furnace sites in North America.

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