West Fork Furnace
West Fork Furnace | |
 Overview from the north | |
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| Location | VA 605, Floyd, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 36°50′2″N 80°22′30″W / 36.83389°N 80.37500°W |
| Area | 2.6 acres (1.1 ha) |
| Built | 1853 |
| NRHP reference No. | 09000414[1] |
| VLR No. | 031-0084 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | June 5, 2009 |
| Designated VLR | March 19, 2009[2] |
West Fork Furnace is a historic iron furnace and national historic district located near Floyd, Floyd County, Virginia. The district includes structural, landscape and archaeological components of a small and well preserved mid-19th-century iron furnace built about 1853. The components consist of the furnace, retaining wall, staging area, head race, wheel pit, tail race, and East Prong of Furnace Creek. The furnace remained in operation until 1855.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
- ^ Thomas Klatka (December 2008). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: West Fork Furnace" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos
Categories:
- Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- Buildings and structures in Floyd County, Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Floyd County, Virginia
- Industrial buildings completed in 1853
- Industrial furnaces
- Blue Ridge Highlands, Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs