Historic Preservation Report: Record of Treatment - Rehabilitation of the Hot Shot Furnace at Fort Jefferson
Simpson GD and Barthuli K. 2004. Historic Preservation Report: Record of Treatment - Rehabilitation of the Hot Shot Furnace at Fort Jefferson. Historic Structure Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Santa Fe, New Mexico
This report concerns the rehabilitation of the Hot Shot Furnace at Fort Jefferson National Monument in Dry Tortugas National Park. Constructed from 1862-1863, the furnace at Fort Jefferson was one of the largest and last furnaces ever built. Designed to heat shots to a red hot temperature before their firing, the furnace at Fort Jefferson was fired at least once, but never in actual combat. The rehabilitation process took place from May 2001 to March 2004 in a series of phases. Disassembly was required for restoration, due to the original iron pieces of the furnace expanding under oxidation over the years. Restoration required precise photographic and written documentation during disassembly, careful oversight of the ironwork replication, and meticulous reassembly by historic preservation specialists. Perspective controlled photography was used to create scaled photographic documentation of the process.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Simpson, Glenn; Barthuli, Kaisa
- Date of Issue
- 2004
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Units
- DRTO , SER
- Keywords
- bronzework, disassembly, Fort Jefferson National Monument, furnace, hot shot furnace, ironwork, masonry, perspective controlled photography, reconstruction, restoration, scaled photographic documentation
- Subjects
- CRIS-HS: 011918: Fort Jefferson Hot Shot Furnace