Built 1830 (1830) Opened 1830 Added to NRHP 31 October 1975 | NRHP Reference # 75000935 Area 77 ha | |
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Location On Old Furnace Road, northwest of Snow Hill off Maryland Route 12, Snow Hill, Maryland Similar Furnace Town Living He, Nassawango Creek, Julia A Purnell Museum, Costen House, Calvin B Taylor House | ||
The Nassawango Iron Furnace was built in 1830 by the Maryland Iron Company to produce iron from bog ore deposits in its vicinity. It is notable for its innovative use of a "hot blast" technique for smelting the iron, which had only been developed in England around 1828, and which may have been added to the Nassawango Furnace in 1837. Due to the variable nature of the bog ore deposits, the furnace stopped operations in 1849.
The furnace is now centerpiece of the Furnace Town Living Heritage Museum.
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Nassawango Iron Furnace Site Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA