Blast Furnace & Charging Deck

Blast Furnace & Charging Deck (HM2I8B)

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N 42° 7.185', W 73° 30.957'

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Iron Works Trail

In 1845, Lemuel Pomeroy II built the first iron furnace near this location. The blast furnace stack visible today dates to about 1871, when improvements were made to the Copake Iron Works by Frederick Miles after he purchased the site from Pomeroy.
The 32-foot-tall furnace was once clad in marble blocks. It had an uncommon system of controlling the hearth temperature with metal cases filled with water. The furnace ran until 1903, and at the height of its operation, produced about 3,750 tons of iron per year.
Behind the furnace are stone retaining walls that once
supported a covered wooden charging deck. Carts of crushed iron ore, limestone, and charcoal were wheeled through the charging deck and dumped into the charging hole at the top of the blast furnace. (Marker Number 3.)
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HM NumberHM2I8B
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Date Added Friday, June 28th, 2019 at 8:01pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18T E 622676 N 4664137
Decimal Degrees42.11975000, -73.51595000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 42° 7.185', W 73° 30.957'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds42° 7' 11.1" N, 73° 30' 57.42" W
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