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Buckeye Furnace
Visitors to this 270-acre site can see the furnace, originally built in 1852, which
went out of blast for the last time in 1894. Attached to the furnace is the reconstructed
casting shed. Above the furnace is the charging loft where iron ore, limestone, and
charcoal were loaded into the furnace, and the engine house which contained a
steam-powered compressor. The reconstructed company store serves as a visitor orientation
area. There are two nature trails. LOCATION
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"These old furnaces played a
major role in the development of the iron business and the preservation of one such unit
will certainly meet the hearty approval of everyone interested in the history of our
country." 
Buckeye Furnace
is a reconstructed charcoal-fired iron blast furnace with original stack, typical of those
operating in southeastern Ohio's Hanging Rock Iron Region more than a century ago.