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The Lewis Furnace was built in 1847. It was built by Jacob Stroup in Bartow County and named for the industrialist, physician, and state legislator John W. Lewis. In 1847, Dr. Lewis, Mark Cooper, and others incorporated the Etowah Railroad Company. Governor Joseph E. Brown later appointed Dr. Lewis superintendent of the Western & Atlantic Railroad, a position he held for three years. The railroads were instrumental in moving heavy products through Bartow County to the nor