Preface vii
Chapter One Scythemakers 1
Chapter Two Tainted Dirt 11
Chapter Three Toxic Places 21
Chapter Four A Fletcher's Job 35
Chapter Five Things They Left Behind 51
Chapter Six Alloyed on the Erie Canal 65
Chapter Seven Melting Anew 75
Chapter Eight Risky Business 93
Chapter Nine Extracurricular Activity 101
Chapter Ten Women of Steel 113
Simond's Vintage Years 121
Simond's Abandonment and Decay 129
Chapter Eleven Simonds Goes to War 141
Chapter Twelve Taking it to the Cleaners 155
Chapter Thirteen Snake Pit 163
Chapter Fourteen Sheet Mill-Starting Over 177
Chapter Fifteen Union Business 187
Chapter Sixteen Boom 199
Chapter Seventeen Bust 209
Chapter Eighteen Aftermath 221
Epilogue 239
A Note on Sources 261
Bibliography 263
Glossary 267
Simonds Steel Alloys 275
Acknowledgments 277
About the Author 281
