Cub Run Road/Catherine Furnace Road
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Last updated on April 9, 2024
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Directions from Mt. Zion Baptist Church and Naked Creek Colored School to site 2:
- Exit the church parking lot and turn left to return to Fleebrug Rd
- In 300 feet turn right onto Naked Creek Rd
- In 0.7 mile turn right onto N East Side Hwy
- Continue for 7.2 miles then turn left onto Newport Rd
- In 1.3 mile turn left onto Cub Run Rd/Katherine Furnace Rd
- In 0.4 mile is the furnace is on the right
- There is an area for parking
The stone ruins of the Catherine Furnace stand in the George Washington and Jefferson National Forest in Page County, Virginia. The furnace was built and came into operation in the 1840s. The Forrer men built it, and it was later owned and functioned under several other owners until it was abandoned in the late 1880s. Catherine Furnace produced pig iron for weapons and equipment during the American Civil War. It employed freed and enslaved African American workers from the surrounding areas who worked long and tired hours to make a living.
