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Sweden Furnace

Sweden Furnace is a Tennessee historical marker in Sevier County.

Sevier Co, TN 35 (US 411), at junction w/Jones Cover Rd.

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5 miles northwest, this was first called Short Mountain Furnace, using local orebank ore. Started about 1820 by Robert Shields; William K. Love and brothers operated it about 1830. Micajah C. Rogers bought it and changed its name in 1836. It closed in 1840, following the panic of 1837 and deterioration in quality of ore.

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Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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