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
A tuyere or tuyère (; ) is a tube, nozzle or pipe through which air is blown into a furnace or hearth.W. K. V. Gale, The iron and Steel industry: a dictionary of terms (David and Charles, Newton Abbot 1972), 216–217.
Air or oxygen is in ...
was added. Callie Furnace went out of blast in 1884.
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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
in 1974.[
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Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
Industrial buildings completed in 1874
Buildings and structures in Botetourt County, Virginia
National Register of Historic Places in Botetourt County, Virginia
Blast furnaces in the United States
Ironworks in Virginia
George Washington and Jefferson National Forests
1874 establishments in Virginia
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