Jackson's Furnace Site, also known as Stroup's Furnace, is a historic archaeological site located near Smyrna, York County, South Carolina. The site includes an earthen sluiceway, stone dam abutments, the stone foundation of an iron furnace and slag heaps. It is one of only two sites that can be associated with the King's Mountain Iron Company, which operated in present-day Cherokee County from about 1815 to about 1860. The other site is King's Creek Furnace Site in Cherokee County.[2][3]
Jackson's Furnace Site (38YK217) | |
| Nearest city | Smyrna, South Carolina |
|---|---|
| Area | 35 acres (14 ha) |
| MPS | Early Ironworks of Northwestern South Carolina TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 87000706[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 8, 1987 |
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ unknown (n.d.). "Jackson's Furnace Site" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
- ^ "Nation Ford Road, York County (Ft. Mill vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
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