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

B010 HIGH-RESOLUTION ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY IMAGING AT A FORMER INDUSTRIAL FURNACE SITE PA USA INTRODUCTION 1 This paper investigates the scope of high-resolution electrical resistivity imaging in resolving man-made and now buried structures at the Shade iron furnace in Co. Somerset Pennsylvania USA. Iron furnaces were widespread in Colonial America between the 17 th and 19 th centuries with 35 such sites currently being registered as historical monuments in Pennsylvania alone. Since many of these sites are aerially extensive reconstruction of former furnace operation presents a considerable challenge to traditional methods of archaeological surveying. Additional application of geophysical methods at the