Buchanan Furnace

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Buchanan Furnace
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LocationOff Pennsylvania Route 378 at the Clarion River near Callensburg, Licking Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 41°7′54″N79°33′32″W / 41.13167°N 79.55889°W / 41.13167; -79.55889
Arealess than one acre
Built1844
Architectural styleIron furnace
MPS Iron and Steel Resources of Pennsylvania MPS
NRHP reference No. 91001129 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPSeptember 06, 1991
Designated PHMCApril 03, 1950 [2]

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]

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]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "PHMC Historical Markers". Historical Marker Database. Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission. Archived from the original on December 7, 2013. Retrieved December 20, 2013.
  3. 1 2 "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.