Iron City Furance Traditional Cache
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150 year old remains of the IRON CITY iron furance. Only a short walk from the road. Ground is a little uneven and down hill from the road.
Permission has been granted by the property owner for this cache. The House to the South of the site, on the corner of Rt 318 and Flat Road, is NOT THE PROPERTY OWNER so please ONLY ENTER from Flat Road.
More then 3" of snow may make this a very hard find.
Parking is very limited. There is parking at a small pull-off on the West side of Flat Road about 100 feet north of the site. (N41 12.824 W 080 19.015)
Iron City Furance - is on Little Neshannock Creek in East Lackawannock Township. This furnace was built by William W. Wallace of Pittsburgh in 1846. It was a cold blast, steam powered charcoal furnace. In 1865 when it went out of blast it was owned by Wallace and Todd(s&t), Another account has the furnace built in 1838 and operated until 1856 as the last iron works in the township(rzw). The 15 foot high remains are collapsed but several rows of stone and at least one opening are are still visible. The interior brick lining shows at the top of the pile indicating a quite large bosh of possibly 10'. (P)(V)(is-rp-2005).
Mercer County Special Sources:
East Lackawannock Twp. by Ruth Z. Woods(rzw) on Behalf of Mercer Co. Historical. Soc.
www.rootsweb.com/~pamercer/PA/PL/Maps/1873/elackawann.jpg --(elw)(courtesy Chris, Mercer County Historical Society).
Karl Mouck (km)
Note: The Iron City Furnace is listed on www.waymark.com as Waymark Code WM8R.
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2. Ab zber gura bar fgrc hc fubhyq or erdhverq.
3. Qbja orgjrra.
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