Low Moor Iron Company Coke Ovens
N 37° 47.621 W 079° 53.062
17S E 598224 N 4183510
A historical marker located just off the Low Moor exit of Interstate 64 (Exit 21) near the former site of the Low Moor Iron Company coke ovens.
Waymark Code: WM79FD
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 09/23/2009
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Here stand the earliest coke ovens of the Low Moor Iron Company (organized 1873). The ovens converted coal into coke to fuel the company's blast furnace. The company built more than a hundred such ovens in 1881. By 1923 the Low Moor Iron Company employed 1600 workers in Virginia and West Virginia, could produce 75 tons of foundry iron a day, and supported the company town of Low Moor. The last survivor among Alleghany County's once-thriving ironworks, the company closed in 1926.
This historical marker was placed in 1991 by the Virginia Department of Historic Resources.
Marker Number: D-33
Marker Title: Low Moor Iron Company Coke Ovens
Marker Location: On the south side of Winterberry Avenue (VA-1101), just north of the westbound lanes of Interstate 64 and east of the Exit 21 access road (VA-696).
County or Independent City: Low Moor, Alleghany County
Web Site: [Web Link]
Marker Program Sponsor: Virginia Department of Historic Resources
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