Misplaced Pages

Callie Furnace

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Historic iron furnace in Virginia, US United States historic place
Callie Furnace
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
Overview of the site
Callie Furnace is located in VirginiaCallie FurnaceShow map of VirginiaCallie Furnace is located in the United StatesCallie FurnaceShow map of the United States
LocationGeorge Washington National Forest, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of Glen Wilton, Virginia
Coordinates37°46′37.5″N 79°49′27″W / 37.777083°N 79.82417°W / 37.777083; -79.82417
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1873 (1873)-1874, 1883
NRHP reference No.74002108
VLR No.011-0065
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJanuary 21, 1974
Designated VLRJuly 17, 1973

Callie Furnace is a historic iron furnace located near Glen Wilton, Botetourt County, Virginia. It was built as a hot-blast charcoal furnace around 1873–1874, and subsequently enlarged and converted into a coke furnace. In 1883, the stack was raised an additional five feet, and a tuyere was added. Callie Furnace went out of blast in 1884.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
  3. Heather Crowl and Emlen Myers (September 1996). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Callie Furnace" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
U.S. National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
Lists
by county


Lists
by city
Other lists

This article about a property in Botetourt County, Virginia on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: