Buchanan Furnace

Buchanan Furnace
Location Off Pennsylvania Route 378 at the Clarion River near Callensburg, Licking Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 41°7′54″N 79°33′32″W / 41.13167°N 79.55889°W / 41.13167; -79.55889Coordinates: 41°7′54″N 79°33′32″W / 41.13167°N 79.55889°W / 41.13167; -79.55889
Area less than one acre
Built 1844
Architectural style Iron furnace
MPS Iron and Steel Resources of Pennsylvania MPS
NRHP Reference # 91001129[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP September 06, 1991
Designated PHMC April 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]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "PHMC Historical Markers". Historical Marker Database. Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission. Retrieved December 20, 2013.
  3. 1 2 "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Diane B. Reed (March 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Buchanan Furnace" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-01-06.


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