List of preserved historic blast furnaces

The furnaces are preserved in a park or museum, or as a site otherwise open to visitors, or intended to become such.

that numerous countries have realized the value of blast furnaces as a part of their industrial history.

For 20th-century mass production blast furnaces, the degree of accurate preservation versus integration into new structures, or even re-purposing, differs between the various sites.

The blast furnace ruin exists on private property but is partially visible from public land adjoining Ilalong Road.

Proceedings of the 35th Meeting of National Technical Museum -  History of metallurgy, Prague, Czech Republic, pp.

Proceedings of the 37th Meeting of National Technical Museum -  History of metallurgy, Prague, Czech republic, pp.

(2009b) Die Holzkohleöfen im Gebiert der nördlichen und nordöstlichen Slowakei.

Proceedings of the 31st Meeting  of National Technical Museum -  History of metallurgy, Prague, Czech republic, pp.

Proceedings of the 35th Meeting of National Technical Museum -  History of metallurgy, Prague, Czech Republic, pp.

Petrík, J.,  Mihok, Ľ. and Fröhlich, L. (2002c) Analysis of ironwork slag from the vicinity of the town of Snina.

(2009b) Die Holzkohleöfen im Gebiert der nördlichen und nordöstlichen Slowakei.

They are supported by outer frames made of metal, were supplied with pre-heated blast air from external Cowper stoves, were typically part of large industrial compounds where, at one point, multiple blast furnaces were typically standing and operating side by side for efficiency reasons, raw materials were delivered by external elevating mechanisms, and the entire site was accessible by freight trains which delivered the raw materials and carried off the freshly smelted pig iron in ladles.

In many cases, the preserved sites have been deliberately stripped down to minimize maintenance costs; namely, some blast furnaces and related installations have been demolished.

), which are considered sufficient to explain the blast furnace process and all related functions to visitors.

The first such decommissioned blast furnace that wasn't demolished and has been preserved to this very day stands in Starachowice, Poland, and has ceased operation as early as 1968.