Roaring Run
Important Dates
Built: 1832 (?) 1838(?)
Re-built: 1847
Went out of Blast: 1854 (1865?)
History
USFS Article
"Roaring Run Hot-blast Charcoal Furnace, owned by F.B. Deane of Lynchburg and Samuel C. Robinson of Richmond, Virginia, situated on Roarign Run, a branch of Craig's Creek, four miles southwest of Dibbrell's Sulphur Springs, thirty-six miles northwest of Bonsack's station on the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, and forty miles south of west from Lexington, was built about 1832, rebuilt in 1847, 8½ feet across the bosh by 36(?) feet high, and made in thirty-five weeks of 1854 about 800 tons of metal out of brown hematite ore from a bank one mile distant south; was abandoned in December 1854 and is now dilapidated." (Lesley 1859, 72 See References)
Location
From route 220 at Eagle Rock, Virginia, turn west onto state route 615, following Craig's Creek from the James River, 5.5 miles turn right on state route 621 for one mile, entrance on left to the Roaring Run picnic area and trailhead.
Topozone Map
Location Access
No observation available from public road.
Category 1 Access: Federal, State or Town owned property.
Selected Utility Company properties. Historical Society or Museum.
A complete list of all access categories may be found here.
At all sites, respect the property of others. Please remember that permission must be granted prior to entering private, posted or restricted properties. Industrial artifacts remain at many locations. Regardless of size, each artifact represents a bit of history; look but please do not remove. (Access System adapted from: Kirby 1998, 93 See References)
Photos
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Roaring Run Furnace (December, 2006) |
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Roaring Run Furnace (December, 2006) |
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Roaring Run Furnace (December, 2006) |
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Roaring Run Furnace (December, 2006) |
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Roaring Run Furnace (December, 2006) |
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Roaring Run Furnace (December, 2006) |
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Roaring Run Furnace (December, 2006) |
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Roaring Run Furnace (December, 2006) |
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Roaring Run Furnace (December, 2006) |