The Hanging Rock Blast Furnace

The Hanging Rock Blast Furnace (HMHLL)

Location: New Plymouth, OH 45654 Vinton County
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Country: United States of America
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N 39° 19.927', W 82° 20.423'

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The Hanging Rock blast furnaces varied little in their design. They resembled flat-topped pyramids built of sandstone block. The narrow furnace top rose 35-40 feet from the broad base. Inside the sandstone blocks was a lining of bricks made of clay mined nearby. The necessary ingredients, including chunks of iron ore and limestone, along with charcoal for fuel were dropped into the open top of the furnace. Tall wooden buildings on stilts surrounded the furnace, providing easy access to the top of the furnace and a convenient dry place to store the charcoal.

After the charcoal was ignited, air was forced through openings at the base of the furnace into beds of sand where the hot liquid was molded into blocks called "pigs." Blast funaces produced an average of 3000 tons of iron a year. This "pig iron" was loaded onto railroad cars for shipment to foundries in Cincinnati and Cleveland, to the east coast, and even to Europe.
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HM NumberHMHLL
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Year Placed2005
Placed ByMake A Difference Day Ohio and Others
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Date Added Sunday, October 26th, 2014 at 11:46pm PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)17S E 384476 N 4354489
Decimal Degrees39.33211667, -82.34038333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 39° 19.927', W 82° 20.423'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds39° 19' 55.62" N, 82° 20' 25.38" W
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Area Code(s)740
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 381-389 Township Hwy 7, New Plymouth OH 45654, US
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