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Clinton Furnace is no longer in existence. The pictures indicate a state historical marker noting the location of the furnace.
First Visited: 1Q 2003
Start of Operation: 1832
Blowout: 1867
Daily Tonnage: 1,500 tons per year - about 6 tons per day on a 9 month production window
Built By: George William, Thomas H. & Hugh A. Poage
Stack: 35 feet w/10 foot bosh
Blast: Cold
Type: Charcoal
The following information was obtained from Roots Web.
Hon. William Wirt Culbertson, son of Samuel and Mary A. (Kennedy)
Culbertson, was born September 23, 1835, in Mifflin County, Penn. His
father was a merchant and became an iron manufacturer in Ohio and Kentucky,
and besides being a thorough business man was eminently characterized for
his religious and moral worth. He died in 1865, in Adams County, Ohio. The
Kennedys and Culbertson were of Scotch origin and came to America as early
as 1700. Mary A. Kennedy was the daughter of a Quaker merchant of
Philadelphia. W.W. Culbertson received his education from private tutors
and the common schools of the State. He early became a clerk in his
father's store at Greenup Furnace, Greenup County, Ky., his father
subsequently removing to West Union, Ohio. He had now become attached to
furnace life, and soon leaving West Union, became a store-keeper at Clinton
Furnace, book-keeper and assistant manager at Vinton Furnace (in which his
father was interested), and subsequently clerk and manager at Ohio Furnace,
Scioto County, Ohio.
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This picture of the Honorable William Wirt Culbertson was kindly provided by his great-great-grandson, Mr. W. Peter Romfh of Houston, TX .
The sign is located on the southwest corner of Route 60 and Route 538.
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