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Callie Furnace

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LocationGeorge Washington National Forest, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of Glen Wilton, Virginia
Coordinates37°46′37.5″N 79°49′27″W / 37.777083°N 79.82417°W / 37.777083; -79.82417
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1873 (1873)-1874, 1883
Callie Furnace
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Callie Furnace is located in Virginia
Callie Furnace
Callie Furnace is located in the United States
Callie Furnace
LocationGeorge Washington National Forest, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of Glen Wilton, Virginia
Coordinates37°46′37.5″N 79°49′27″W / 37.777083°N 79.82417°W / 37.777083; -79.82417
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1873 (1873)-1874, 1883
NRHP reference No.74002108[1]
VLR No.011-0065
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJanuary 21, 1974
Designated VLRJuly 17, 1973[2]

Callie Furnace is a historic iron furnace located near Glen Wilton, Botetourt County, Virginia. It was built as a hot-blast charcoal furnace around 1873–1874, and subsequently enlarged and converted into a coke furnace. In 1883, the stack was raised an additional five feet, and a tuyere was added. Callie Furnace went out of blast in 1884.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]

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