Wharton Furnace | |
Coordinates: | 39.8256°N -79.6383°W |
Built: | 1837 |
Architecture: | Iron furnace |
Added: | September 6, 1991 |
Refnum: | 91001143 |
Wharton Furnace is an historic iron furnace located at Wharton Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was built in 1837, and is a stone structure measuring 33feet wide, 31feet deep, and 31feet high. It was built as a blast furnace, placed in blast in 1839 and went out of blast by 1850. It was built by Congressman Andrew Stewart (1791-1872).[1]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.