Antietam Furnace Complex Archeological Site

Antietam Furnace Complex Archeological Site
Nearest city Hagerstown, Maryland
Built 1768
NRHP Reference # 83002963 [1]
Added to NRHP August 25, 1983

The Antietam Furnace Complex Archeological Site is an archeological site at Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland. It is an eighteenth-century Iron furnace located along South Mountain. It operated circa 1768-1775 and produced pig iron, stoves, domestic iron wares, and possibly cannon. It was probably the earliest iron furnace in the present day Washington County.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Antietam Furnace Complex Archeological Site". Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2008-10-29.


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