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Greetings from Between the Lakes Recreational Arca
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GREAT WESTERN FURNACE, Model, Tennessee
This pioneer iron furnace was built in 1854 by Brian Newell
and Co., this steam "cold blast" charcoal furnace was built of
limestone from the surrounding hills (Now Stewart County)
and is a pattern used in this section of Tennessee for such
iron industry prior to and during the time of the Civil War.
The iron ore came from shallow deposits nearby the furnaces
due to difficulty of transportation which was normally done by
oxen and heavy carts or wagons ... Pig iron was shipped
on the Cumberland and Tennessee rivers or hauled to the
rolling mills to the East. This particular furnace closed in 1856
due to lack of ore and to a slave insurrection by the furnace
crew.
Pub. by Thompson's Community Service,
1220 Chickasaw, Paris, Tenn.
Color by L. D. Thompson.
ICS-436 70-6
