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Description
Title
Oak
Ridge
Furnace
Subject
Business and Labor
Geography and Natural Resources
Iron industry
Furnaces
Place
Lawrence County (Ohio)
Description
This
photograph
shows
the
abandoned
Oak
Ridge
charcoal
furnace
. The
furnace
,
located
in
Lawrence
County
,
Ohio
, was
built
in
1856
by
William
Williams
Mather
and
O.M
.
Mitchell
.
Mather
was the
first
state
geologist
of
Ohio
.
Mather
and
Mitchell
failed
to
make
a
profit
and
soon
sold
the
furnace
.
It
was
later
acquired
by
Hecla
furnace
. The
photograph
,
which
measures
3.5
by
4.5
inches
(8.89
by
11.43
cm)
, was
taken
by
Virgil
and
Marguerite
Ramsey
. The
furnace
was
one
of
many
in the
Hanging
Rock
Iron
Region
, an
area
rich
in
red
hematite
iron
ore
and the
other
materials
needed
to
make
iron
,
limestone
and
charcoal
. The
region
includes
the
Ohio
counties
of
Lawrence
,
Jackson
,
Scioto
, and
Vinton
as
well
as
northeastern
Kentucky
and the
western
part
of
West
Virginia
.
Charcoal
furnaces
were
constructed
of
two
layers
, an
outer
one
of
sandstone
blocks
and an
inner
layer
of
fire
brick
or
sandstone
. To
make
a
ton
of
iron
,
approximately
200
bushels
of
charcoal
,
5,000
pounds
of
iron
ore
, and
300
pounds
of
limestone
were
heated
until
molten
.
Impurities
floated
to the
top
,
forming
a
waste
product
called
slag
.
Iron
collected
in the
bottom
of the
furnace
and was
poured
into
troughs
to
cool
.
Because
the
troughs
resembled
a
sow
suckling
her
pigs
, the
product
was
known
as
pig
iron
.
Date of Original
1856
-
1900
circa
Collection
Charcoal
Furnaces
in the
Hanging
Rock
Iron
Region
and
Stones
in
Furnace
Cemeteries
Source
Audiovisual material
3
Submitting Institution
Oak Hill Public Library
Rights
For rights and reproduction requests, go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page at
http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html;
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
File Name
Om854_923970_002.tif
Image Height
1368
Image Width
1760
File Size
543.876 KB
Full Text
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Format
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