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Pool Iron Blast Furnace on Stamp Creek |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2013) |
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Pool Iron Blast Furnace on Stamp Creek |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2013) |
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| One of this furnace's arches has collapsed. |
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| The furnace stack is visible behind the broken outer wall structure. |
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| The other arch is in relatively good shape. I'm guessing that this is the tuyere arch, although no piping was visible to confirm that. |
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| When we first approached the furnace, E was startled by this black racer! But it was more scared than her, finding this crevice to keep an eye on us. |
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| Looking out from inside the arch. |
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| Looking through the "good" arch at the bosh base. |
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| Broken interior of furnace. |
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| View up from base, broken bosh in center. |
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| West side of furnace from mid-slope. |
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| Trees growing out of the furnace. At this point, the tree roots are doing more structural damage than any other cause... |
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| The snake was lying just behind where E is standing in this pic. I was in front of her approaching the furnace and probably stepped right over it, planning my next photo... |
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| Looking up the furnace stack - loading hole. |
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| Stack-chimney transition from stone to brick. |
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| Looking up - trees growing out of wall Looks like a Mayan ruin in Central America... |
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| Honeysuckle on wall |
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| From right side, up slope... |
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| Nice camouflage on this sycamore! |
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| Section of collapsed wall from another structure up hill from the furnace. |
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| Daffodils outside remains of other structure |
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| View from slope behind furnace. A charging ramp would have led from the lip of the slope to the top of the furnace. |
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| Broken, moss-covered brick |
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| The last time that Pool Furnace was in blast was 1874. |
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| Charcoal-fueled Iron Blast Furnace diagram |