Swatara Furnace

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Coordinates: 40°32′35″N 76°29′27″W / 40.54306°N 76.49083°W / 40.54306; -76.49083
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Swatara Furnace
Swatara Furnace is located in Pennsylvania
Swatara Furnace
Swatara Furnace is located in the United States
Swatara Furnace
Nearest cityOld Forge Road east of Lebanon Reservoir, north of Suedberg, Pine Grove Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°32′35″N 76°29′27″W / 40.54306°N 76.49083°W / 40.54306; -76.49083
Area20 acres (8.1 ha)
Built1830
Architectural styleOther, Iron furnace
MPSIron and Steel Resources of Pennsylvania MPS
NRHP reference No.91001140[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 6, 1991

Swatara Furnace is a historic iron furnace and national historic district located at Pine Grove Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The district includes four contributing buildings and two contributing structure. They are the furnace (1830), stone dam breast (c. 1850), ironmaster's mansion (c. 1830, c. 1860, c. 1881, and c. 1969), barn (c. 1860), stone foreman's house (c. 1830), and stone worker's double house (c. 1830). The limestone furnace measures 29 feet, 7 inches, wide, 29 feet, 8 inches, deep, and 22 feet high.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Diane B. Reed (March 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Swatara Furnace" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-06-02.

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