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 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.[2]
Nassawango Iron Furnace Site | |
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| Location | On Old Furnace Road, northwest of Snow Hill off Maryland Route 12, Snow Hill, Maryland |
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| Coordinates | 38°12′15″N 75°28′8″W / 38.20417°N 75.46889°W |
| Area | 190 acres (77 ha) |
| Built | 1830 |
| NRHP reference No. | 75000935[1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 31, 1975 |
The furnace is now centerpiece of the Furnace Town Living Heritage Museum.
References
edit- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Nancy Miller (April 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Nassawango Iron Furnace Site" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
External links
edit- Nassawango Iron Furnace Site, Worcester County, including undated, at Maryland Historical Trust
- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. MD-76, "Nassawango Iron Furnace, Furnace Road, 1.2 miles west of Maryland Route 12, Snow Hill vicinity, Worcester County, MD", 4 photos, 12 measured drawings, 1 photo caption page