And the hot shot furnace is finally within our grasp! I knew it was here, but I wasn't aware that it had recently been refurbished: The online pix I had seen showed it in a somewhat dilapidated, pre-rebuilt state. Something else for which I wasn't ready was its size! I've visited several hot shot furnaces in the United States and Canada, but no other comes anywhere close to the size of this monster! I sometimes take pictures from close to the ground to make an object seem more heroic and vast, but I was standing when I took this shot!

The sign Red Hot Cannonballs sits helpfully next to it.