Ruins of the Lucy Selina Furnace--Alleghany Highlands of Virginia

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Ruins of the Lucy Selina Furnace--Alleghany Highlands of Virginia
Ruins of the Lucy Selina Furnace--Alleghany Highlands of Virginia

"In 1827, Colonel John Jordan, of Rockbridge County [Virginia], built the iron furnace and gave it the name of two female relatives. To reach the furnace a good wagon road was a necessity. When the county court of Rockbridge balked at what seemed too formidable an undertaking, Jordan told that body that if they would give him the men he would build the road. The offer was accepted, and he constructed the first road across North Mountain between Lexington and Clifton Forge, known for long as the Old National Highway. For three-quarters of a century the road was the chief thoroughfare but is now supplanted by the Midland Trail.
During the first year of the Civil War the furnace was taken over by the Confederate government and operated by General Joseph A. Anderson. Much of the iron used in making the cannon and cannon balls of the Confederacy came from this furnace."
--from a pamphlet compiled by the Students of the Seventh Grade, Moody School - 1956 - Clifton Forge, Virginia, USA

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