NRHP Reference # 82001825 Year built 1717 Nearest city Chancellor, Virginia | Area 5 ha Added to NRHP 19 October 1982 | |
The Tubal Furnace Archeological Site is the site of an early 18th century industrial iron works in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, near Chancellor. Established by colonial Lieutenant Governor Alexander Spotswood in c. 1717, the site included a furnace and waterworks. It was operated, primarily by skilled slave labor, into the early 19th century.
The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
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