A blast furnace is a special type of furnace. They are used to make iron from ore. Blast furnaces are very large. They can be up to 60 metres (200 ft) tall and 15 metres (49 ft) in diameter.
Jonesborough, Tennessee. Jonesborough (historically also Jonesboro) is a town in, and the county seat of, Washington County, Tennessee, in the southeastern United States. The population was 5,975 at the 2010 census. It is Tennessee's oldest town.
Sponsored Topics. Jonesboro is a city in and one of the two county seats of Craighead County, Arkansas, United States. According to the 2010 US Census, the population of the city was 67,263. A college town, Jonesboro is the largest city in northeastern Arkansas and the fifth most populous city in the state.