Cloverdale 2

Dates of Operation

History

"Cloverdale Cold-blast Charcoal Furnace, No. 2, owned by Anderson and Patton of Pattonsburg P.O. and managed by T.H. Burns, Blue Ridge, situated on Back Creek in Botetourt county, seven and a half miles southeast of Buchanan, five miles south of James River, eight east of Fincastle, at the western base of the Blue Ridge, 200 miles from Richmond, was built in 1841, rebuilt in 1850, and again rebuilt in 1854, 9 feet across the bosh by 37 feet high and has averaged about the same yield for years making in thirty-two weeks of 1856 1,120 tons of metal out of brown hematite ore from McFallon's bank three miles south, and Campbells banks one mile east." (Lesley 1859, 72 See References)

Location

We are currently attempting to conclusively prove the location of this furnace. Anyone with information regarding the exact location please contact us at info@ironfurnaces.com.

Photos

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Photos are forthcoming once the location has been conclsusively proven.