Henry Clay Furnace, located on Quarry Run, was built between 1834 and 1836 by Leonard Laws for Tassey and Bissell. It was a cold-blast furnace and produced 4 tons of pig iron each 24 hours. It was one of several furnaces operated in this area during the nineteenth century and was used until about 1847. About 200 people were employed at the furnace. It was the center of a community of over one hundred dwellings with a store, church, and schoolhouse. Ownership of the furnace was conveyed in 1839 to the Ellicotts, who built a system of wooden railed tramways that ran through the mountains connecting the furnaces and ore pits. Until 1845 all of the iron produced was floated down the Cheat River. The iron industry cycle in this area is now complete.