Beckley Furnace Industrial Monument
| Beckley Furnace Industrial Monument | |
| Connecticut State Park | |
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| Country |  United States |
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| State |  Connecticut |
| County | Litchfield |
| Town | North Canaan |
| Coordinates | 42°0′39″N 73°17′34″W / 42.01083°N 73.29278°WCoordinates: 42°0′39″N 73°17′34″W / 42.01083°N 73.29278°W |
| Area | 12 acres (5 ha) [1] |
| Established | 1946 |
| Management | Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection |
  Location in Connecticut
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| Website: Beckley Furnace Industrial Monument | |
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Beckley Furnace | |
| Nearest city | Canaan, Connecticut |
| Area | 7 acres (2.8 ha) |
| Built | 1847 |
| NRHP Reference # | 78002847[2] |
| Added to NRHP | February 14, 1978 |
The Beckley Furnace Industrial Monument is a state-owned historic site preserving a 19th-century iron-making blast furnace on the north bank of the Blackberry River in the town of North Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut. Under the name Beckley Furnace (also called the East Canaan Iron Furnace Industrial Monument), it was added to National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[3] The site has been a Connecticut state park since 1946.[4]
History
The furnace was built for the production of pig iron by John Adam Beckley in 1847 and continued in operation until 1919.[5] It was the second of three working blast furnaces built at the site; a fourth furnace was under construction in the early years of the 20th century but was never put in operation.[6] The stack was restored by the state in 1999.[5] The dam built on the Blackberry River to provide power for the furnace and other industrial operations was repaired by the state in 2010.[7]
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Litchfield County, Connecticut
- List of Connecticut state parks
References
- ↑ Legislative Program Review and Investigations Committee (January 23, 2014). "State Parks and Forests: Funding" (PDF). Staff Findings and Recommendations. Connecticut General Assembly. p. A-1. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
- ↑ Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ Bruce Clouette (March 3, 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Beckley Furnace / East Canaan Iron Furnace Industrial Monument" (PDF). National Park Service. and accompanying four photos from 1976
- ↑ "Beckley Furnace Industrial Monument". State Parks and Forests. Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. May 23, 2013. Retrieved July 2, 2015.
- 1 2 "The Beckley Blast Furnace: East Canaan, Connecticut". Local Legacies. Library of Congress. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
- ↑ "History of Beckley Furnace". Friends of Beckley Furnace. Retrieved July 2, 2015.
- ↑ "The Dam at Beckley Furnace" (PDF). New England Chapters Newsletter. Society for Industrial Archeology. 2012. Retrieved July 2, 2015.
External links
- Beckley Furnace Industrial Monument Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
- Friends of Beckley Furnace
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