Stone Iron Furnace - Franconia, New Hampshire, USA
Posted by: tatie
N 44° 13.804 W 071° 45.266
19T E 280018 N 4901116
Stone Iron Furnace is located in Franconia, New Hampshire, USA.
Waymark Code: WMF03P
Location: New Hampshire, United States
Date Posted: 07/31/2012
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The stone furnace that remains in Franconia today was owned by Haverhill and Franconia Iron Works.
Iron ore was found by 1790 on Ore Hill in Lisbon (now Sugar Hill). The Franconia Iron Furnace is New Hampshire's sole surviving example of a post Revolutionary furnace for smelting local iron ore. The industry flourished during the first during the first half of the 19th century. It produced pig and bar iron for farm tools and cast iron ware, including the famous "Franconia Stoves".