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Great Western Furnace

NW of Dover on TN 49, Dover, TN , USA

Latitude & Longitude: 36° 38' 24.179676", -87° 58' 32.148768"
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Built in 1854 by Brian, Newell & Co., this steam cold-blast charcoal furnace was built of limestone from the surrounding hills. Brown iron-ore came from shallow deposits about two miles north. Pig-iron was shipped by river or hauled to rolling mills to the east. It closed in 1856, due to lack of ore and to a slave insurrection by the furnace crew.

Erected by Tennessee Historical Commission.
Great Western Furnace was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on October 06, 1975.
Last updated: 2/14/2015 15:17:00
 
   
 
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