Moratock Iron Furnace
Ironworks, Danbury, North Carolina.
- Side
- Confederate
- Kind
- Ironworks
- Where
- Danbury, North Carolina
- Years
- 1862-1865
- Today
- Park
MORATOCK IRON FURNACE
Charcoal blast furnace built in 1843. It supplied pig iron and cast iron to the Confederacy from 1862 to 1865. Stoneman's cavalry put the ironworks out of commission in early April 1865.
MORATOCK FURNACE
Smelting furnace built by Nathaniel Moody in 1843. It supplied iron to Confederacy, 1862-1865. Stands 3/10 mi. NE.
J-98Stokes County
Then
The charcoal blast furnace, built in 1843, supplied pig iron and cast iron to the Confederacy from 1862 to 1865.
Stoneman's cavalry put the ironworks out of commission in early April 1865.
Now
Park
The furnace stands in Moratock Park, a public park in Danbury.
The nearest railroad in service today is a line owned by Norfolk Southern, about 9 miles away.
Nearby
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