| Furnace Town Living Heritage Museum | |
| Established | |
|---|---|
| Location | 3816 Old Furnace Town Snow Hill, Maryland |
| Type | History |
| Website | Furnace Town Living Heritage Museum |
The Old Furnace Town Heritage Museum is located at 3816 Old Furnace Road, Snow Hill, Maryland, United States. History is the study of the past particularly the written record Those who study history as a Profession are called Historians Etymology Snow Hill is a town in Worcester County, Maryland, United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the This museum uses a living history format with live demonstrations to re-create a vanished 19th century community. The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar [1] The museum contains various historic buildings, including most importantly an early 19th-century brick blast furnace that was used to smelt bog iron ore to make pig iron. A blast furnace is a type of metallurgical Furnace used for Smelting to produce metals generally Iron. Smelts are a Family, Osmeridae, of small Anadromous Fish. They are common in the North American Great Lakes and in the lakes Bog iron refers to impure Iron deposits that develop in bogs or Swamps by the Chemical or Biochemical Oxidation of iron carried Pig iron is the intermediate product of Smelting Iron ore with coke, usually with Limestone as a flux [2] Other buildings, all of which have been moved to the site, include a church, a store, and several houses, one of which is used as an information center.
R. Frank Jones Museum
This building was Initially constructed in 1869 and moved to the Furnace Town Village in 1977. [3] The museum contains exhibits on the history of the local area and processing of pig iron. Pig iron is the intermediate product of Smelting Iron ore with coke, usually with Limestone as a flux [3]
Footnotes
- ^ Ocean City Vacation and Hotels Guide. "Furnace Town Living Heritage Museum", Ocean City Vacation and Hotels Guide website, 2007. Accessed January 18, 2008.
- ^ Furnace Town Living Heritage Museum. "Furnace Town Village", Furnace Town Living Heritage Museum website. Accessed January 19, 2008.
- ^ a b Furnace Town Living Heritage Museum. "Museum", Furnace Town Living Heritage Museum website. Accessed January 19, 2008.
External links
- Furnace Town Living Heritage Museum (official website)
- Furnace Town Living Heritage Museum (Ocean City Vacation and Hotels Guide website)
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