Maria Furnace is a South Mountain

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on Toms Creek in

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, United States, west of Fairfield, that was the location of an 1822 blast furnace until operations were moved to

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. The remains of the original blast furnace ("Maria Furnace") are located at coordinates: 39, 46, 30.64 N, 77, 24, 25.98 W. The remains consist of a pile of rocks in a small wooded area overgrown with vegetation.

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{{authority control 1822 establishments in Pennsylvania Populated places established in 1822 Unincorporated communities in Adams County, Pennsylvania Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania