Tour

The tour starts here !

Welcome to the Beckley Furnace Industrial Monument. This structure was part of a large ironworks, where workers produced pig iron. Today, the large furnace stack is what remains of the complex.

Beckley Furnace has been designated an Industrial Monument by the State of Connecticut, the first site in the state to do so. Please explore this remnants of northwestern Connecticut’s industrial past. Interpretive signs and QR codes have been placed near the significant remaining structures shown in the figure below to help you appreciate what once took place here.

Stop #0 Casting Shed

Stop #1 Casting Arch

Stop #2 Salamander

Stop #3 Tuyere Arch

Stop #4 Hercules Turbine

Stop #5 Leffel Turbine

Stop #6 Office Building

Stop #7 Slag Heap

Watch this short video for a brief Introduction to the Hot Blast Era at Beckley Furnace.

Proceed to Stop #0 “Casting Shed”