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MONTGOMERY FURNACE Montgomery County, near Montgomery Begun 1887 IN 1887 the Montgomery Furnace and Chemical Company began the . erection of a charcoal blast furnace. Like three other plants in this state, the Montgomery furnace was destined never to operate. From the Iron Age of Dec. 1, 1887, is the following extract: "Montgomery, Ala., 42 (Charcoal kilns of the Pierce process) kilns building by the Montgomery Furnace and Chemical Company, having a capital of $400,000. This company is also building a charcoal furnace under the charge of Dr. Dennis Church. It is 60 feet high by 12 feet bosh, with two iron hot-blast stoves, having thirty-two 12 foot pipes. The bulk of the alcohol plant is finished, the castinghouse of the furnace is nearly built, the foundations are in, the columns and ring are up. The furnace is to have a capacity of 50 tons, and it is expected to be in running order on June 1, 1888. The wood is to come from the Alabama River, on which the plant is located, while the ores are to be brought 35 miles from the brown ore belt of East Alabama. One of the principal grounds for its location at the point mentioned has been that the iron can be shipped by navigation to the seaboard." Work on the furnace was suspended shortly after this article appeared and the furnace remained in an uncompleted state until about 1895 when it was dismantled. ...

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