Tubal Furnace Archeological Site

Address Restricted, Chancellor, Virginia. County/parish: Spotsylvania.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 19, 1982. NRIS 82001825.

2 contributing sites.

From Wikipedia:

Tubal Furnace Archeological Site

The Tubal Furnace Archeological Site is the site of an early 18th century industrial iron works in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, near Chancellor. Established by colonial Lieutenant Governor Alexander Spotswood in c. 1717, the site included a furnace and waterworks. It was operated, primarily by skilled slave labor, into the early 19th century.

The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

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