Great Western Furnace
Built in 1854 by Brian, Newell & Co., this steam cold-blast charcoal furnace was built of limestone from the surrounding hills. Brown iron-ore came from shallow deposits about two miles north. Pig-iron was shipped by river or hauled to rolling mills to the east. It closed in 1856, due to lack of ore and to a slave insurrection by the furnace crew.
Marker is on The Trace (Tennessee Route 49) 0.1 miles south of Crockett Branch Rd, on the right when traveling north.
Courtesy hmdb.org
