Moratock Park is a public park in Danbury, North Carolina that includes the site of Moratock Iron Furnace. Union cavalry, under the command of George Stoneman, destroyed most of the original foundryworks while conducting raids through the area in 1865 during the American Civil War.[2][3]
Moratock Iron Furnace | |
 Moratock Iron Furnace | |
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| Location | On the Dan River in Danbury, North Carolina, just off Hwy 89. |
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| Coordinates | 36°24′27″N 80°11′59″W / 36.40750°N 80.19972°W |
| Area | 9 acres (3.6 ha) |
| Built | 1843 |
| NRHP reference No. | 74001376[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 30, 1974 |
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]
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References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "North Carolina:Stoneman's Raid". Civil War Traveler. 2009-04-23.
- ^ Survey and Planning Unit Staff (April 1974). "Moratock Iron Furnace" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-05-01.
Further reading
edit- Berrier, Kyle A. Around Walnut Cove and Danbury: Kyle A. Berrier. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2014.
- "North Carolina: Stoneman's Raid", Civil War Traveler, 2009.
External links
edit- Map showing Stoneman's raid and Moratock in PDF format