Callie Furnace Explained

Callie Furnace
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:July 17, 1973[1]
Designated Other1 Number:011-0065
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Coordinates:37.7771°N -79.8242°W
Built:-1874, 1883
Added:January 21, 1974
Refnum:74002108

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.[2]

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 2013-05-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053819/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm#. 2013-09-21. dead.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Callie Furnace . Heather Crowl and Emlen Myers . September 1996. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo