Ross Furnace

SW of Tubmill Reservoir off PA 711, Fairfield Township, West Fairfield, Pennsylvania. County/parish: Westmoreland.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places September 06, 1991. NRIS 91001142.

1 contributing structure.

From Wikipedia:

Ross Furnace

Ross Furnace is a historic iron furnace located at Fairfield Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1842, and is a stone structure measuring 25 feet square at the base and 30 feet high. It has a triangular work arch and Roman blast arch. It remained in blast until about 1850–1855.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71994066

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