Beckley Furnace Industrial Monument
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Beckley Furnace Industrial Monument
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 The Beckley Furnace |
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| location | North Canaan , USA | |
| surface | 0.05 km 2 | |
| Geographical location | 42 ° 1 ′ N , 73 ° 18 ′ W | |
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| Setup date | 1946 | |
| administration | Dept. of Energy & Environmental Protection, State of Connecticut | |
Beckley Furnace is an old blast furnace for the extraction of pig iron . The industrial monument is a state park and has been listed as the only industrial monument on the National Register of Historic Places since February 14, 1978 . The furnace is located on the Blackberry River , a tributary of the Housatonic River near Canaan (Connecticut) . The basic features of the blast furnace were built by John Adam Beckley in 1847. The industrial plant was used until 1919.
In 1946 the facility was established as a state park with only 5 hectares under the name Beckley Furnace Industrial Monument . It is also known as the East Canaan Iron Furnace Industrial Monument . The furnace vent was restored in 1999. The facility is the heart of the Upper Housatonic Valley's Iron Heritage Trail and is directly adjacent to a plot of the Housatonic State Forest .
See also
Web links
- Beckley Furnace Industrial Monument Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
- Homepage of the funding organization
Individual evidence
- ^ Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey.
- ^ State Parks and Forests : Funding, Legislative Program Review and Investigations Committee, Staff Findings and Recommendations.
- ^ Beckley Furnace in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed July 31, 2017.
- ↑ National Register of Historic Places Inventory : Beckley Furnace / East Canaan Iron Furnace Industrial Monument. Bruce Clouette, March 3, 1976, National Park Service; and additional foos from 1976
- ^ The Beckley Blast Furnace: East Canaan, Connecticut: Local Legacies, Library of Congress
- ^ Beckley Furnace Industrial Monument at State Parks and Forests, Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.