Unvisited Iron Furnace Sites
The following sites are known to have existed at one time. In some cases, the remains of the site remain
in existence, but I have not yet visited the location. In other cases, the furnace site may no longer exist.
Anyone having any information on these sites is encouraged to forward their knowledge - credit for the source
will be acknowledged when posted.
- Iron Mountain 1 Furnace
Per J.P. Lesley,
- Owned By: American Iron Mountain Co., James Harrison of St. Louis, President
- Managed By: John J. Scott
- Location: Southwest base of Little Iron Mountain on the railroad six miles from the Pilotknob
furnaces and eighty miles from St. Louis.
- Build Year: 1846 - Rebuilt in 1854
- Stack: 31 feet high w/9 foot bosh
- Production: 1855 - 47 weeks - 2,103 tons of iron
- Ore Source: Magnetic ore
- Other Information: Cold blast until 1857. This site was known for the patented
conical-bottom filler. Copied by Empire Furnace, Kentucky
- Iron Mountain 2 Furnace
Per J.P. Lesley,
- Owned By: American Iron Mountain Co., James Harrison of St. Louis, President
- Managed By: John J. Scott
- Location: Southwest base of Little Iron Mountain on the railroad six miles from the Pilotknob
furnaces and eighty miles from St. Louis.
- Build Year: 1850 - Rebuilt in 1854
- Stack: 32-1/2 feet high w/9 foot bosh
- Production: 1857 - 25 weeks - 1,922 tons of iron
- Ore Source: Magnetic ore
- Other Information:
- Iron Mountain 3 Furnace
Per J.P. Lesley,
- Owned By: American Iron Mountain Co., James Harrison of St. Louis, President
- Managed By: John J. Scott
- Location: Southwest base of Little Iron Mountain on the railroad six miles from the Pilotknob
furnaces and eighty miles from St. Louis.
- Build Year: 1854
- Stack: 38 feet high w/9-1/4 foot bosh
- Production: 1856 - 35 weeks - 4,202 tons of iron
- Ore Source: Magnetic ore
- Other Information:
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