Carrie Furnace

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Coordinates: 40°24′48″N 79°53′23″W / 40.41333, -79.88972

Carrie Furnace
U.S. National Historic Landmark
Carrie Furnace on January 3, 2007
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Allegheny
Municipality	Rankin

Coordinates	40°24′48″N 79°53′23″W / 40.41333, -79.88972

Height	92 ft (28 m)

Built	1884
Closed	1982

Location of Carrie Furnace in Pennsylvania
Location of Pennsylvania in the United States
Website: http://www.riversofsteel.com

Carrie Furnace is a derelict former blast furnace located along the Monongahela River in Rankin, Pennsylvania. It had formed a part of the Homestead Steel Works. The Carrie Furnaces were built in 1884 and they operated until 1982. All that is left of the site are furnaces #6 and #7, which operated from 1907 - 1978^[1], along with the hot metal bridge.

The site on which it stands may be developed into a historic parklet, the Homestead Works National Park, with Carrie Furnace forming an attraction. A national architectural competition will be held in 2007 to design a museum for the park site dedicated to the memory of steel in Pittsburgh.

In November 2006, Carrie Furnaces 6 and 7 won designation as a National Historic Landmark thanks in part to US Representative Mike Doyle.