The Buchanan Furnace is a historic iron furnace located in Licking Township, Clarion County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1844, and is a cold blast charcoal furnace measuring 30 feet by 33 feet at the base and 33 feet tall. It had a maximum production of 1,200 tons per year and was abandoned in 1858 because of a lack of timber to be used as fuel.[3]
Buchanan Furnace | |
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| Location | Off Pennsylvania Route 378 at the Clarion River near Callensburg, Licking Township, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 41°7′54″N 79°33′32″W / 41.13167°N 79.55889°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1844 |
| Architectural style | Iron furnace |
| MPS | Iron and Steel Resources of Pennsylvania MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 91001129[1] |
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| Added to NRHP | September 06, 1991 |
| Designated PHMC | April 03, 1950[2] |
Thirty-one iron furnaces were built in Clarion County, mostly from 1840-1850. They supplied the region as well as the Pittsburgh rolling mills.[3]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "PHMC Historical Markers". Historical Marker Database. Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission. Archived from the original on December 7, 2013. Retrieved December 20, 2013.
- ^ a b "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2012-01-16. Note: This includes Diane B. Reed (March 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Buchanan Furnace" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-01-06.