Boom Furnace, Virginia

Boom Furnace, Virginia
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 36°55′14″N 80°46′09″W
Country	United States
State	Virginia
County	Pulaski
Elevation	1,929 ft (588 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	24347
GNIS feature ID	1494845[1]

Boom Furnace is an unincorporated community in Pulaski County, in the U.S. state of Virginia.[1] The name of the community derives from a nearby furnace that made loud booming sounds when started.[2] The furnace began operation in 1882 and, when it ended operations in 1906, was the last "cold blast, water power charcoal" furnace in Virginia.[3] The furnace still stands today.[4]

References

1. "Boom Furnace". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. Tennis, Joe (2004), Southwest Virginia Crossroads: An Almanac of Place Names and Places to See, The Overmountain Press, p. 146, ISBN 9781570722561, retrieved August 6, 2013
3. Watson, Thomas; Bassler, Ray; Ries, Heinrich; Holden, Ray (1907), Mineral resources of Virginia, J.P. Bell Company, p. 448, ISBN 9780722246214, retrieved August 6, 2013
4. "Boom Furnace, Virginia" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved August 6, 2013.