Boom Furnace, Virginia

Boom Furnace, Virginia
Unincorporated community
Boom Furnace, Virginia
Coordinates: 36°55′14″N 80°46′09″W / 36.92056°N 80.76917°WCoordinates: 36°55′14″N 80°46′09″W / 36.92056°N 80.76917°W
Country United States
State Virginia
County Pulaski
Elevation 1,929 ft (588 m)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code 24347
GNIS feature ID 1494845[1]

Boom Furnace is an unincorporated community in Pulaski County, in the U.S. state of Virginia.[1] The name of the community derives from a nearby furnace that made loud booming sounds when started.[2] The furnace began operation in 1882 and, when it ended operations in 1906, was the last "cold blast, water power charcoal" furnace in Virginia.[3] The furnace still stands today.[4]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Boom Furnace". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. ↑ Tennis, Joe (2004), Southwest Virginia Crossroads: An Almanac of Place Names and Places to See, The Overmountain Press, p. 146, ISBN 9781570722561, retrieved August 6, 2013
  3. ↑ Watson, Thomas; Bassler, Ray; Ries, Heinrich; Holden, Ray (1907), Mineral resources of Virginia, J.P. Bell Company, p. 448, retrieved August 6, 2013
  4. ↑ Google (August 6, 2013). "Boom Furnace, Virginia". Google Maps. Google. Retrieved August 6, 2013.