The High Furnace Museum Water wheels provided the power source to: wash the iron ore pound the ore into small pieces drive two bellows that provided a continuous blast of air into the furnace and to hammer large objects into a desired shape.

Cast Iron Products In addition to making pigs, the foundries produced cast iron products like pots, canon, ship and boat anchors, chimney-backs, statues, railings for balconies, and many thousands of small tool and implements. In this picture, two vistors to the foundry are watching as molten iron is poured into a mold that could be part of a fence or balcony. Next page

The High Furnace Museum is managed by the Association pour la Sauregarde du Patrimone Métallurgique Haut-Marrais (Association for the Preservation of Metal Industry Heritage of the Haut-Marrais). The museum is located in Dommartin-le-Franc, in the Haute-Marne district, just north of the Chateau de Cirey.