Furnace Town

This morning, I reached the intended destination of my road trip, the Furnace Town Living Heritage Village, about five miles northwest of Snow Hill, Maryland.  The place is built around the Nassawango Iron Furnace, which was constructed in 1830 and operated until 1849, smelting iron from bog ore.  After I parked the Bigfootmobile, I paid my admission fee at the visitor center, talked a bit with the receptionist, and walked out to see the various buildings.  I was soon greeted by a friendly cat, which according to the receptionist is 18 years old.  The first building I looked at was the church, which was originally located about five miles to the west.

"What goes up, must come down....."

The closer building in the next shot is the wood shop.  To the right and farther back is the Spin House, which contains the implements in the above photo, and which is also called the Harrison House, after the family who donated it.

To the right is the Broom House, which contains broom-making equipment.  To the left is an arch made from twigs.  Behind them are the farm shed and the print shop.

This is the furnace, which now includes a wooden ramp by which the top may be reached.

Looking back down the ramp, it leads toward the twig arch, with a picnic pavilion in the background and the Broom House to the right.  Each small white sign on a respective wooden post included the name of individuals or organizations, who have sponsored and/or donated money to the village, if I were permitted an educated guess.

The school was built near Whiton, MD and later moved to Snow Hill.  To get a shot which included two sides, I also had to include one tree.

In front of the school was a garden area.

The area around this tripod and various utensils was used to kill and butcher pigs.  The farm shed and the print shop seen above are again in the background.

This last shot shows a wagon in its open-sided shed.

Pretty soon it became time to get into the Bigfootmobile and return to my side of the Chesapeake Bay.  To learn more, click the first link above and browse around.