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Vesuvius Iron Furnace Photographs

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Title	Vesuvius Iron Furnace Photographs
Subject	Geography and Natural Resources Furnaces Iron industry National Register of Historic Places
Place	Ironton (Ohio) Lawrence County (Ohio)
Description	These photographs of the Vesuvius Iron Furnace near Ironton, Ohio were taken around 1965. Named after the Mt. Vesuvius volcano in Italy, the furnace was built in 1833 to supply iron to steel manufacturers in northern Ohio, Pennsylvania, and other parts of the nation. It produced 3,000 tons of pig iron, made from iron ore and limestone, per year. The supply of iron ore diminished by the end of the nineteenth century and the furnace was abandoned. The furnace was one 46 charcoal iron furnaces located in the Hanging Rock Iron Region of southern Ohio. Vesuvius Iron Furnace is located north of Ironton, Ohio in the Wayne National Forest. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The slides measure 2.75" x 2.75" (6.99 x 6.99 cm).
Creator	Ohio Department of Transportation
Date of Original	1966 circa
Collection	Sites and Scenes Around Ohio Collection
Source	Audiovisual material; State Archives Series 1016
Format	picture
Submitting Institution	Ohio Historical Society
Rights	Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type	StillImage; 1966
Date created	2010-06-04

Title	Om3025_3643547_001
Rights	Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
File Name	Om3025_3643547_001.tif
Image Height	2438
Image Width	2447
File Size	1369.219 KB
Date created	2009-01-20

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