George Cresswell Furnace
George Cresswell Furnace | |
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| Location | MO F, near Potosi, Missouri |
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| Coordinates | 38°2′27″N 90°50′20″W / 38.04083°N 90.83889°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | c. 1840 |
| Architectural style | American Scotch hearth |
| NRHP reference No. | 88000613[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 23, 1988 |
George Cresswell Furnace, also known as the George Cresswell Furnace Stack is a historic lead furnace located near Potosi, Washington County, Missouri. It was built about 1840, and is an open hearth furnace measuring about 100 feet square at its base and constructed of massive limestone blocks interlaced with mortar. The stack rises to a height of approximately 25 feet.[2]: 3
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Hugh Davidson (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: George Cresswell Furnace" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2017-03-01. (includes 6 photographs from 1988)
Categories:
- Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri
- Industrial buildings completed in 1840
- Buildings and structures in Washington County, Missouri
- National Register of Historic Places in Washington County, Missouri
- Lead
- Smelting
- St. Louis Area, Missouri Registered Historic Place stubs