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Lonaconing Furnace

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416: 48: 65: 90: 626: 238:, 50 feet (15 m) high, 50 feet square at the base, and 25 feet square at the top. It first produced iron in 1839, then the iron operation was abandoned in the mid-1850s, the Loncaconing Furnace complex included a top house, molding house, engine house, and two hot-air furnaces for heating the blast. None of these ancillary structures remains. It played a significant role in demonstrating that both 636: 423: 97: 72: 726: 514: 519: 529: 589: 574: 444: 584: 579: 539: 509: 479: 549: 484: 449: 736: 544: 524: 459: 439: 353: 494: 489: 474: 464: 454: 534: 499: 606: 469: 504: 569: 721: 346: 565: 741: 629: 366: 339: 702: 405: 395: 746: 731: 611: 639: 246:
could be used as fuels in the manufacture of iron. It is known as "the first coke furnace, whose operation was successful, erected in this country."
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Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland
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National Register of Historic Places in Allegany County, Maryland
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Lonaconing Furnace is located in Maryland
Lonaconing Furnace is located in the United States
Lonaconing, Maryland
39°34′13″N 78°58′41″W / 39.57028°N 78.97806°W / 39.57028; -78.97806
73000886
iron furnace
Lonaconing
Allegany County
Maryland
sandstone
coke
bituminous coal
National Register of Historic Places


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National Register of Historic Places
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