Logo Pumpkinvine Furnace or Kiln
Emerson, Bartow County, GA
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Per Lesley's Iron Manufacturer's Guide: "The most important localities are on... the lots numbered 1038 and 1040
near the (Pumpkinvine) canal. On the former, the ore and limestone are found near together and more convenient
to the proposed site of a blast furnace at the termination of the canal, which was dug... to give good water power."

This furnace is on Lot 1038, so it's probably the furnace site that he referred to.   Little else is known about this site.



The design & form of this structure are different from other furnaces or kilns in the local area.
Rather than a stand-alone structure, the furnace is built into the side of an earthen hill-bank.
It is very similar to the lime kilns I've found in NE Georgia, and I would guess that's what it is.


Pumpkinvine_Furnace
Front view of Pumpkinvine kiln/furnace


Pumpkinvine_Arch
Front arch (or eye) of kiln/furnace


Top_view
Kiln/furnace top


Side_view
Side view of kiln/furnace


Inside_Furnace
Looking down kiln/furnace chimney - loading hole.



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