Clifton Furnace

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name =Clifton Furnace

| nrhp_type =

| designated_other1 = Virginia Landmarks Register

| designated_other1_date = February 17, 1977{{cite web|title=Virginia Landmarks Register|publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm|accessdate=2013-05-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053819/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm|archive-date=2013-09-21|url-status=dead}}

| designated_other1_number = 003-0019

| designated_other1_num_position = bottom

| image = Clifton Furnace from north.jpg

| caption = Northern side

| location = U.S. Route 220, near Clifton Forge, Virginia

| coordinates = {{coord|37|48|34|N|79|47|50|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Virginia#USA

| built = {{Start date|1846}}

| architecture = Cold Blast Charcoal Furnace

| added = August 16, 1977

| area = less than one acre

| refnum = 77001485{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

}}

Clifton Furnace is a historic cold blast charcoal furnace located near Clifton Forge, Alleghany County, Virginia. It was built in 1846 of large, rough-hewn, rectangular stones. It measures 34 feet square at the base and the sides and face taper towards the top. The furnace went out of blast in 1854 and was revamped in 1874. It was abandoned in 1877.{{cite web|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Alleghany/003-0019_Clifton_Furnace_1977_Final_Nomination.pdf|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Clifton Furnace|author=Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff|date=February 1977}} and [http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Alleghany/003-0019_CliftonFurnace.photos.html Accompanying photo]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.