Noble Furnace, Virginia

Noble Furnace, Virginia
Unincorporated community
Noble Furnace, Virginia
Coordinates: 36°48′33″N 81°05′48″W / 36.80917°N 81.09667°WCoordinates: 36°48′33″N 81°05′48″W / 36.80917°N 81.09667°W
Country United States
State Virginia
County Wythe
Elevation 2,274 ft (693 m)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
GNIS feature ID 1493350[1]

Noble Furnace is an unincorporated community in Wythe County, Virginia, United States.[1] The community is located on Francis Mill Creek near Hussy Mountain and Fry Hill approximately 9.6 miles (15.4 km) south of Wytheville.[2] Noble Furnace is the location of a former iron furnace of the same name (also called the Irondale Furnace) constructed in 1880 or 1881.[3][4] The cold blast furnace was steam powered and its stack was constructed of stone.[5] The furnace was owned by the Norma Iron Company[6] and utilized primarily limestone ore[7] which was transported from nearby deposits to the furnace via tramway.[6]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Noble Furnace". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
  2. ↑ "The National Map". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
  3. ↑ McCreath, Andrew Smith; D'Invilliers, Edward Vincent (1887). The New River-Cripple Creek mineral region of Virginia, Volume 144. Harrisburg Pub. Co. p. 109. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
  4. ↑ Hall, Randal L. (2012). Mountains on the Market: Industry, the Environment, and the South. University Press of Kentucky. p. 89. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
  5. ↑ McCreath 1884, p. 78.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 McCreath 1884, p. 93.
  7. ↑ McCreath 1884, p. 95.

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