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Model (Great Western) iron furnace community
Ghost town Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Nails and fittings
Old bottlesAlso reported: Large cents, blacksmith items, farm tools.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1840s-1964 iron furnace and farm community
Known as Pryor's Creek and Bass, the place took the name Great Western from an 1854 iron furnace that shut down in late 1856, then became a company model town in 1887. It declined in the 1930s and 1940s and TVA bought it out for Land Between the Lakes in 1963 and 1964.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
unstable furnace stack
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