Moratock Park


Moratock Iron Furnace
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Moratock Iron Furnace
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Location	On the Dan River in Danbury, North Carolina, just off Hwy 89.
Coordinates	36°24′27″N 80°11′59″W / 36.40750°N 80.19972°W / 36.40750; -80.19972Coordinates: 36°24′27″N 80°11′59″W / 36.40750°N 80.19972°W / 36.40750; -80.19972
Area	9 acres (3.6 ha)
Built	1843 (1843)
NRHP Reference #	74001376^[1]
Added to NRHP	July 30, 1974

Moratock Park is a public park in Danbury, North Carolina that includes the site of Moratock Iron Furnace. Union cavalry, under the command of George Stoneman, destroyed most of the original foundryworks while conducting raids through the area in 1865 during the American Civil War.^[2]^[3]

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1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "North Carolina:Stoneman's Raid". Civil War Traveler. 2009-04-23.
↑ Survey and Planning Unit Staff (April 1974). "Moratock Iron Furnace" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-05-01.

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