Virtual Museum of Pennsylvania Iron Furnaces & Iron Works

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The Iron Furnaces of Cumberland County Pennsylvania
Carlisle Furnace,
(Boiling Spring Furnace)
Carlisle Furnace No.2
Carlisle Furnace No.3
Carlisle Iron Works
Carlisle Forge
Boiling Springs,
South Middleton Twp.,
Cumberland County,
Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Pennsylvania Iron Furnace Source Book
Cumberland County Iron Furnaces & Iron Works

A Tribute to the Iron Masters and Iron Workers
that built and keep in-blast
the old Stone Blast Furnaces of Pennsylvania.

by
Raymond A. Washlaski, Historian, Archaeologist & Web Master,
Ryan P. Washlaski, Technical Advisor.


Virtual Museum of Pennsylvania Iron Furnaces & Iron Works
A Publication of the 19th Century Society of Pennsylvania


Updated Nov. 3, 2002
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Carlisle Furnace
Date Built: ca.1762
Date Out-of-Blast: ca. ?

Carlisle Furnace No.2
Date Built: (ca.1815)
Date Out-of-Blast: (ca.1845)

Carlisle Furnace No.3
Date Built: (ca.1845)
Date Out-of-Blast: (ca.1882)

Carlisle Iron Works
(ca.1765-1791) 

Carlisle Forge
Date Built: (ca.1811)
Date Out-of-Operation: ca. ?  

Carlisle Works

Other Names Carlisle Furnace was know by:
Boiling Springs Forge (ca.1750-     );
Boiling Springs Furnace (ca.1845-1882)

LOCATION:  Carlisle Furnace was located near the junction of Boiling Springs Creek (Old Town Run), and Yellow Breeches Creek, at Boiling Springs.  Approx. 5 miles south-east of Carlisle, at the village of Boiling Springs, South Middleton Twp., Cumberland Co.

Carlisle Furnace.
C. W. Ahl & Company Furnace, Carlisle Furnace, Boiling Springs, PA.  Date of photo unknown.
(Photo courtesy of the Cumberland County Historical Society.)

Carlisle Furnace No.2, Reconstructed 1815
Date Out-of-Blast: (ca.1882)
(photo courtesy of "Iron Smelting in Paennsylvania," published ca.1921)

Bibliographical Sources:  This section under construction.                                                    

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