Posted in Nature Study

This past Thursday was the first Nature Study group meeting of the new school year. We all went to the Saugus Irn Works to learn about the different rocks and how iron was formed. The tour was very long (I had to leave after 2 hours), but enjoyable. There were some parts where the kids started to get a little restless, but overall, it was a fun time.

Here are some pictures I took of the buildings (which are all replicas) and the working mills.

Matt wants  to go back again to check the place out without a tour. Granted he can't touch anything. Everything works including the water wheels, bellows, furnace, and smith shop. We weren't able to catch the last building (where they stretch the iron out (the tour guide said it was like a huge pasta machine) because I had to get home and get ready for work. Best of all was it is all free.