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Photo courtesy of Norfolk and Western
Historical Photograph Collection Old Charcoal Furnace Walton, Virginia
and the tedium necessary to finish off the 30-cord load of charcoal, to say nothing of the need to be near the fiery mound during the warmest months of the year.
After cooling, the coals were placed in the same baskets used to haul leaves to cover the pit and placed on wagons for transportation to storehouses near the iron fumace.A wagon could haul about 200 bushels of char. coal, but remember those furnaces were hungry! 800 bushels needed every day. So obviously, once the mound building, charring, and hauling started in the spring, the
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