Historical Markers in Longdale Furnace, Virginia

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Historical Markers in Longdale Furnace, Virginia

1 ► Virginia, Alleghany County, Longdale Furnace — Australia Furnace — Alleghany Iron for the Confederacy —

Australia Furnace, located just east of here, produced pig iron for the Tredegar Iron Works—“Ironmaker to the Confederacy”—during the Civil War. Ira and Edwin Jordan had begun constructing Australia Furnace in 1852; two years later, they put it in . . . — — Map (db m107981) HM

2 ► Virginia, Alleghany County, Longdale Furnace — Lucy Selina Furnace — Alleghany Iron for the Confederacy —

You are standing near the site of the Lucy Selina Furnace, which supplied the Confederacy with pig iron for the production of cannons, munitions, and rails during the Civil War. In 1827, two Scots-Irishmen, Col. John Jordan and John Irvine, built . . . — — Map (db m107982) HM

3 ► Virginia, Alleghany County, Longdale Furnace — L-5 — Lucy Selina Furnace —

This furnace was built in 1827 by ironmasters John Jordan and John Irvine and was named for their wives. During the Civil War, iron produced here was used in the manufacture of Confederate Munitions. — — Map (db m46386) HM

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