Iron Furnaces
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uccacher
N 39° 15.292 W 077° 49.153
18S E 256737 N 4348848
West Virginia Historical Marker located along Route 9.
Waymark Code: WMCQEB
Location: West Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 10/03/2011
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The West Virginia Historical Marker Database currently lists this marker as missing. As of August 15, 2011 it is in place although the sign post is bent.
Marker Text:
"Thomas Mayberry agreed in 1742 to erect iron furnaces on the property of William Vestal. Here ore was mined and iron produced for the first time west of the Blue Ridge. Washington visited the iron furnaces here in 1760."
Marker Title: Iron Furnaces
Marker Location: WV 9 at Bloomery, approximately four miles east of Charles Town
County or Independent City: Charles Town, WV
Web Site: [Web Link]
Marker Program Sponsor: Jefferson County Historical Society, West Virginia Division of Archives and History
Marker Number: Not listed
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