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Callie Furnace

Callie Furnace
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Overview of the site
Callie Furnace is located in Virginia
Callie Furnace
Callie Furnace is located in the US
Callie Furnace
Location George Washington National Forest, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of Glen Wilton, Virginia
Coordinates 37°46′37.5″N 79°49′27″W / 37.777083°N 79.82417°W / 37.777083; -79.82417Coordinates: 37°46′37.5″N 79°49′27″W / 37.777083°N 79.82417°W / 37.777083; -79.82417
Area 2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built 1873 (1873)-1874, 1883
NRHP reference # 74002108
VLR # 011-0065
Significant dates
Added to NRHP January 21, 1974
Designated VLR July 17, 1973

Callie Furnace is a historic iron furnace located near Glen Wilton, Botetourt County, Virginia. It was built as a hot-blast charcoal furnace around 1873-1874, and subsequently enlarged and converted into a coke furnace. In 1883, the stack was raised an additional five feet, and a tuyere was added. Callie Furnace went out of blast in 1884.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.


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