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Rockland Furnace is a historic
iron furnace A blast furnace is a type of metallurgical furnace used for smelting to produce industrial metals, generally pig iron, but also others such as lead or copper. ''Blast'' refers to the combustion air being "forced" or supplied above atmospheric p ...
located at Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania. It was built 1832, and is a stone structure approximately 25 feet tall. It has an 11 feet wide, 10 feet tall casting arch and 9 feet wide, 9 feet tall tuyere arch. Also on the property are the wheel pit and mill race. ''Note:'' This includes It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.


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Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Industrial buildings completed in 1832 Buildings and structures in Venango County, Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Venango County, Pennsylvania {{Pennsylvania-NRHP-stub