Florence Furnace,
under the proprietorship of the Henderson Iron Company, has one stack
sixty feet high and twelve foot bosh. It was erected as the
Allen Furnace, and subsequently the Henderson Furnace, by Henderson,
Allen & Co., in 1868. It was put in blast in October
of that year, and remodeled in 1882. It produces Bessemer,
foundry and mill pig iron, having an annual capacity of 18,000 net
tons.
History
of Mercer County,
1888, page 194
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