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Battelle Lookout Mountain iron furnace town
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Buttons and buckles
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: tools, bottles.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), Unknown (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
about 1900-1905 iron furnace town
The Lookout Mountain Iron Company built a furnace and coke ovens here, with hundreds of houses, a school, commissary, hotel, post office and a piped spring water system. The ore could not compete with Birmingham, the furnace went on standby in 1905, and it was later sold and shipped to Calcutta.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
active rail line nearby
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