Beckley Furnace Industrial Monument

Beckley Furnace Industrial Monument
Map showing the location of Beckley Furnace Industrial Monument
Map showing the location of Beckley Furnace Industrial Monument
Location in Connecticut
Map showing the location of Beckley Furnace Industrial Monument
Map showing the location of Beckley Furnace Industrial Monument
Beckley Furnace Industrial Monument (the United States)
LocationNorth Canaan, Connecticut, United States
Coordinates42°0′39″N 73°17′34″W / 42.01083°N 73.29278°W / 42.01083; -73.29278
Area12 acres (4.9 ha)[1]
DesignationConnecticut state park
Established1946
AdministratorConnecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
WebsiteBeckley Furnace Industrial Monument
Beckley Furnace
Area7 acres (2.8 ha)
Built1847
Built byJohn Beckley and William Pierce
NRHP reference No.78002847
Added to NRHPFebruary 14, 1978

The Beckley Furnace Industrial Monument is a state-owned historic site preserving a 19th-century iron-making blast furnace on the north bank of the Blackberry River in the town of North Canaan, Connecticut. The site became a 12-acre (4.9 ha) state park in 1946;[2] it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[3]

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