Adirondack Iron and Steel Company

	Adirondack Iron and Steel Company
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Ruins of the 1854 Blast Furnace, July 2008
	Location within New York Location within the United States
Location	Upper Works Rd., near Tahawus, New York
Coordinates	44°4′41″N 74°3′22″W / 44.07806°N 74.05611°W
Area	809 acres (327 ha)
Built	1854
NRHP reference No.	77000940
Added to NRHP	October 5, 1977

Adirondack Iron and Steel Company is a historic ironworks complex located at Tahawus in Essex County, New York. It consists of the remains of the "Upper Works" iron foundry that date back to 1826. Iron from the site was contaminated with titanium, which, together with its isolation, made for an unprofitable venture.

The blast furnace at the site rises 45 feet (14 m) from its base, 10 feet higher than the previous 1844 furnace and allowing for more output. However, the furnace was nearly obsolete upon its completion in 1854, as ironworks were transitioning to larger stacks fueled by anthracite, while the Tahawus ironworks continued to user charcoal as fuel.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.^[1]

References

1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
↑ Longstreth, Richard (2017). A Guide to Architecture in the Adirondacks. Keeseville, New York: Adirondack Architectural Heritage. pp. 359–60. ISBN 9780967038858.

Seely, Bruce E. (1981). "Blast Furnace Technology in the Mid-19th Century: A Case Study of the Adirondack Iron and Steel Company". IA, The Journal of the Society for Industrial Archeology. 7 (1): 27–54. JSTOR 40968010.

External links

Media related to Adirondack Iron and Steel Company at Wikimedia Commons

Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. NY-123, "Adirondack Iron & Steel Company, New Furnace, Hudson River, Tahawus, Essex County, NY", 32 photos, 13 measured drawings, 203 data pages, 3 photo caption pages

[nris-1] 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[ADK_Architecture-2] Longstreth, Richard (2017). A Guide to Architecture in the Adirondacks. Keeseville, New York: Adirondack Architectural Heritage. pp. 359–60. ISBN 9780967038858.

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