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| Prospect Furnace & Iron Works:
Located on Cherry Run, 1 mi. south of
Callensburg, Licking Twp., Clarion County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Date Built: ca. 1844 Date Out-of-Blast: ca.1854
Other names Prospect Furnace was known by: |
| Prospect Furnace & Iron Works A Stone Blast Furnace & Iron Works Owners: Alexander & Moore Company H. Alexander & Mc Elroy, Moore Company Alexander & Mc Ilroy Company Painter & Company |
Short History of Prospect Furnace:
From "History of Clarion County" 1887. The saw-rnill at the mouth of Licking was built at an early date. At the time Prospect furnace was in blast William Moore had control of the mill with a boat scaffold on the Callensburg side of Licking, where they built many boats. (Davis,1877:n.p.) Prospect Furnace, on Cherry Run, was built by Henry Alexander and James McElroy, in 1845. Its site is marked by an immense pile of ore dust. (Davis,1877:n.p.) The Buchanan wharf, where the pig iron was loaded in the boats for transportation, was located below the furnace. The Prospect wharf was on the east side of the mouth of Licking. Above Crary's Dam, on the south side of the river, was located the Sligo metal wharf, many of the timbers of which are still to be seen. (Davis,1877:n.p.) The furnace companies at Prospect and Buchanan each had stores. (Davis,1877:n.p.) Prospect Furnace. Located on Cherry Run, 1 mile south of Callensburg. Height 30 feet, 8 foot bosh. Steam, cold blast. Managed by owner, William Moore, under Moore, Painter & Company ownership. Produced 1,450 tons of mill iron in only 39 1/4 weeks in 1856 from blue coal measure limestone ore mined within 3 1/2 miles of the furnace. Abandoned 1862. (Caldwell,1877: ) Prospect Furnace. This furnace was built in 1845 on Cherry Run about a mile south of Callensburg. It was a steam powered cold blast furnace with an 8 foot bosh and 30 feet high. (Sharp & Thomas,1966:38) |
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Prospect Furnace, Licking Township, Clarion Co. 1872 Map of Licking Township, Clarion, showing the location of Prospect Furnace and the settlement around the furnace. (from "Atlas of the County of Lawrence & The State of Pennsylvania," Published by G.M.Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, PA, ca.1872) |
| LOCATION: To reach the site of Prospect Furnace, Starting at Callensburg, Licking Township, travel west from Callensburg on PA Rt.368 for about 1/2 mile to the bridge over Licking Creek. Cross the Licking Creek bridge to the junction of Callensburg Road (PA SR2009), just passed the bridge. turn south on PA Callensburg Road (SR2009) for about 3/4 mile to the bridge over Cherry Run. Just passed the bridge over Cherry Run Elder Lane (T-368) turns to the left. Go north on Elder Lane (T-368) to the first farmhouse on the left. Park near here. After obtaining permission, go through the yard, down the bank and along the bottom of it to the right for 200 to 250 feet to the furnace site.
All that remains of Prospect Furnace ca.1966, is a pile of
stones and heaps of slag. [The PA Route Nos. and some of the directions have been updated with new PA Route Nos. and descriptions, other than those that appeared in the "Sharp & Thomas" book.]
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| (Photo courtesy of Arnold Kepple, author of "History of Callensburg Boro & Licking Township.") |
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| (Photo courtesy of Arnold Kepple, author of "History of Callensburg Boro & Licking Township.") |
| Bibliographical Sources: This section under construction. |
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