Buchanan Furnace | |
Location | Off Pennsylvania Route 378 at the Clarion River near Callensburg, Licking Township, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 41°7′54″N 79°33′32″W / 41.13167°N 79.55889°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1844 |
Architectural style | Iron furnace |
MPS | Iron and Steel Resources of Pennsylvania MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 91001129 [1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | September 06, 1991 |
Designated PHMC | April 03, 1950 [2] |
The Buchanan Furnace is a historic iron furnace located in Licking Township, Clarion County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1844, and is a cold blast charcoal furnace measuring 30 feet by 33 feet at the base and 33 feet tall. It had a maximum production of 1,200 tons per year and was abandoned in 1858 because of a lack of timber to be used as fuel. [3]
Thirty-one iron furnaces were built in Clarion County, mostly from 1840-1850. They supplied the region as well as the Pittsburgh rolling mills. [3]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. [1]