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Dec 21, 2023 · The major village that was inhabited was called Pechoqueolin. It is unknown where exactly it was located. Some say it was about 100 yards north of the Durham Cave (close to the border of present day Riegelsville). Others place it near the present intersection of routes 611 and 32 (close to the current Durham-Nockamixon border).
Dec 7, 2023 · Durham Furnace continued producing iron at its original location from 1727 to circa 1790. A new facility was subsequently built about half-mile downstream. Besides cannon and musket balls, iron cookware including pots, skillets and trivets as well as fire backs and iron stoves were produced.
Durham’s neighbor to the west, Springfield, became a township in 1743, Bedminster in 1740, Haycock in 1763, Tinicum 1747, Nockamixon in 1746, but Durham not until 1775. Sources. Bell, Herbert C. Durham Township. Philadelphia, PA, 1887. Davis, William W.H.
The first iron operations in Pennsylvania/Delaware started in the early decades of the 18th century. Some were forges, some bloomeries (a more primitive mode of iron smelting). Different sources cite Durham furnace, founded 1727, as the fourth charcoal blast furnace established in Pennsylvania.
History of the Durham Furnace and Ironworks. In the late 1600s, William Penn (the Proprietor of Pennsylvania) granted important powers to THE FREE SOCIETY OF TRADERS (a group of businessmen based in London, England). They were granted tracts of land in Bucks County near present day Doylestown, Warwick, New Britain, Hilltown, and Durham.
Durham is the second smallest of Bucks County townships, consisting of 9.4 square miles. The township has a maintained a population between 1,000 and 1,200 residents at least since the 2000 census. Combined with the neighboring borough of Riegelsville, in Durham’s historical footprint, the resident count increases to around 2,000.
Durham Township is a township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,144 at the 2010 census. The township was first organized in 1775 and is located in the extreme north of Bucks County. It was the location of Durham Furnace, Durham Boat Company, and Durham Mills.
