Furnace, Ceredigion
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Coordinates: 52°32′17″N 3°56′27″W / 52.53803°N 3.94092°W
| Furnace | |
| Welsh: Ffwrnais | |
 Dyfi Furnace |
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 Furnace
Furnace shown within Ceredigion |
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| OS grid reference | SN684951 |
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| Principal area | Ceredigion |
| Ceremonial county | Dyfed |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | MACHYNLLETH |
| Postcode district | SY20 |
| Dialling code | 01654 |
| Police | Dyfed-Powys |
| Fire | Mid and West Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| EU Parliament | Wales |
| UK Parliament | Ceredigion |
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Furnace (Welsh: Ffwrnais) is a (place) in Ceredigion, Wales on the A487 trunk road from Machynlleth to Aberystwyth, near Eglwysfach.
It is the location of the Dyfi Furnace, used from the 1750s to the 19th century to make pig iron with charcoal as fuel. The site was previously used the Silver Mills of the Society of Mines Royal.
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