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Ringwood Manor closed for cleanup of artifacts after furnace’s sooty malfunction

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Februray 4, 2012

RINGWOOD — A furnace malfunction at Ringwood Manor that coated hundreds of Civil War-era artifacts with soot has led to the closing of the historic country house in Ringwood State Park, a state official said Friday.

COURTESY OF NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Ringwood Manor

COURTESY OF NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Ringwood Manor

Last month’s furnace malfunction spewed oily black soot throughout the first and second floors of the 19th century home, coating priceless paintings, historic mantelpieces and Civil War relics, according to the Larry Hajna, a spokesman for the Department of Environmental Protection.

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