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Palmyra Furnace circa 1799

Palmyra Furnace circa 1799 is a Tennessee historical marker in Montgomery County.

Montgomery Co., Just off Hwy 149 in Palmyra. Next to Railroad Tract and River.

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Seven hundred and fifty feet to the north are the remains of the Palmyra Furnace. It is the first recorded ironworks in Montgomery County and the second oldest iron works in the Western Highland Rim Iron Belt. Such iron manufacturing was among the earliest forms of industrial enterprise in Tennessee. Natural resources of iron ore, streams, limestone, timber, and the Cumberland River for transportation, allowed Montgomery County to be a major producer of pig iron.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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