Noble Furnace, Virginia
Unincorporated community
Noble Furnace, Virginia is located in Virginia
Noble Furnace, Virginia
Noble Furnace, Virginia
Noble Furnace, Virginia is located in the United States
Noble Furnace, Virginia
Noble Furnace, Virginia
Coordinates: 36°48′33″N 81°05′48″W / 36.80917°N 81.09667°W / 36.80917; -81.09667
CountryUnited States
StateVirginia
CountyWythe
Elevation
2,274 ft (693 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID1493350[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. ^ a b "Noble Furnace". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. 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. ISBN 978-0813140469. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
  5. ^ McCreath 1884, p. 78.
  6. ^ a b McCreath 1884, p. 93.
  7. ^ McCreath 1884, p. 95.

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