Area less than one acre NRHP Reference # 77001485 Opened 1846 | Built 1846 (1846) VLR # 003-0019 Added to NRHP 16 August 1977 | |
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Architectural style Cold Blast Charcoal Furnace | ||
Clifton Furnace is a historic cold blast charcoal furnace located near Clifton Forge, Alleghany County, Virginia. It was built in 1846 of large, rough-hewn, rectangular stones. It measures 34 feet square at the base and the sides and face taper towards the top. The furnace went out of blast in 1854 and revamped in 1874. It was abandoned in 1877.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
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