Oak Hill, OH: 1853-1916 Jefferson Blast Furnace provided iron for the USS MONITOR

(Satellite, it is evidently buried under treetops. See map below.)

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The Jefferson Furnace is an abandoned pig iron furnace located in the Hanging Rock Iron Region near Oak Hill, Ohio. Constructed in 1854 by the Jefferson Furnace Company, it featured a stack 37 feet high with a bosh 11 feet wide. Fueled by charcoal, its cold air blast was powered by a steam engine and had a daily production capacity of 14 tons. It was later converted to a hot air blast, increasing its daily production capacity. The last cast was on December 26, 1916.

The furnace can be spotted at Jackson Lake State Park.

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I was looking for which hill the furnace would have been close to. Instead, I discovered that Jefferson Lake is man made by this dam.

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