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S16.03.042Description
Inside the stack of Madison Furnace in the Cooper Hollow Wildlife Area in Madison Township, Jackson County, Ohio. Madison Furnace was built in 1855 and ceased operation in 1902. The remains of Madison Iron Furnace are located near the headquarters for Cooper Hollow Wildlife Area. It is one of more than 40 iron furnaces that operated in southeastern Ohio from about 1840 to 1890. During this time extensive oak-hickory forests were clear-cut to provide charcoal for the furnaces, where ore from nearby mines was smelted. For more than a half century some of the best iron in the world flowed from these furnaces. The discovery of richer, more abundant ores in Michigan and Minnesota brought Ohio’s iron industry to an end. The image was made by Michael C. Hansen in 1985.
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Bedrock is from the Pennsylvanian Geologic Period.
History Text comes from Cooper Hollow Wildlife Area (Ohio Division of Wildlife, Publication 20).
See the History Section of Buckeye Furnace's website at <a href="http://buckeyefurnace.com/gpage2.html" rel="noreferrer nofollow">buckeyefurnace.com/gpage2.html</a> quoting from the book The History of the Iron Industry in Jackson County, Ohio by the Jackson Historical Society.
This slide image included in the USGS National Digital Catalog for NGGDPP Grant G15AP00115 in FY2015.Context
Inside a round, rock furnace. Madison Furnace in Cooper Hollow Wildlife Area; Jackson County, Ohio.