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Industry
Furnaces, mills, and other industrial sites in Kentucky.
Bourbon Iron Works (Slate Furnace)
Jacob Myers blew in a charcoal blast furnace here in 1791 — munitions for the early Commonwealth.
Jacob Myers took land on Slate Creek in 1782 and built Kentucky’s first iron blast furnace here in 1791; John Cockey Owings and partners later operated it. The works supplied settlers and later munitions, including shot for the U.S. Navy and the War of 1812–New Orleans campaigns, with last blast about 1838.
103 places
- Adkins-Hurt Mill Wayne County
- Airdrie Furnace Site Muhlenberg County · 1855
- Amanda Furnace Greenup County
- Ashland Iron & Steel / Armco Works Area Boyd County · 1920
- Audubon Saw and Grist Mill Site Henderson County · 1816
- Bagdad Roller Mills Shelby County · 1884
- Baughman Mill (Lincoln Mills) Lincoln County · 1881
- Beaver Dam Furnace Menifee County
- Bellefonte Furnace Greenup County · 1826
- Belmont Furnace Bullitt County
- Big Sandy Milling Company Lawrence County
- Bogie Houses and Mill Site Madison County
- Boone Salt Springs Floyd County
- Bourbon Iron Works (Slate Furnace) Bath County · 1791
- Bowling Green L&N Depot (Historic RailPark) Warren County · 1925
- Bradford Mills Jefferson County
- Buena Vista Furnace Boyd County · 1847
- Buffalo Furnace Greenup County · 1851
- Bullitt's Lick Salt Works Bullitt County · 1779
- Caney Furnace Bath County · 1837
- Carlisle Passenger Depot Nicholas County · 1912
- Caroline Furnace Greenup County
- Center Furnace Trigg County
- Churchill Weavers (historic) Madison County · 1922
- Clear Creek / Bath Furnace Bath County · 1839
- Clinton Furnace Boyd County
- Cottage Furnace Estill County · 1856
- Covington / Latonia Railroad Corridor Kenton County
- Doe Run Mill (Doe Run Creek Historic District) Meade County
- E.K. Railway – Argillite Greenup County
- Early Gunpowder Mill Hart County
- Early Iron Works / Red River Iron Works (Clay City) Powell County · 1805
- Eastern Kentucky Railway – Grayson Carter County · 1871
- Eastern Kentucky Railway – Willard Carter County
- Eclipse Woolen Mill Jefferson County
- Erlanger Depot Kenton County · 1877
- Estill Steam Furnace Estill County · 1830
- Falls City Jeans & Woolen Mills/Kentucky Jeans Jefferson County
- Fitchburg / Red River Iron Furnace Estill County · 1868
- Ford Louisville Assembly Plant Jefferson County · 1955
- Frankfort and Cincinnati Railroad Scott County
- Frankfort Union Station Franklin County · 1908
- Garrard Mills Garrard County
- Georgetown Railroad Heritage Area Scott County
- Glass Mill Complex Jessamine County
- Goose Creek Salt Works Clay County
- Grant's Lick Campbell County
- Green Mill Grayson County · 1823
- Grimes House and Mill Complex Fayette County
- Gullian Gerig's Mill Barren County
- Guyn's Mill Historic District Woodford County
- Hawesville Railroad Station Hancock County · 1888
- Hope Worsted Mills Jefferson County
- Hopewell Furnace (Greenup) Greenup County
- James Pettit's Mill Fayette County
- L&N Railroad Bridge (Green River) Hart County
- Laura Furnace Trigg County
- Laurel Furnace Greenup County
- Lexington & Ohio Railroad (first RR west of Alleghenies) Franklin County · 1833
- Lexington Motor Car Company (plant site) Fayette County · 1909
- Lexington Union Station (site) Fayette County · 1907
- Louisville Cotton Mill Jefferson County · 1889
- Louisville Union Station Jefferson County · 1891
- M. Robison Sawmill (Irvine) Estill County
- McCrackin Distillery and Mill Woodford County
- McHargue's Mill Laurel County
- Mill Springs Mill Wayne County · 1817
- Milton Mills Mason County
- Monarch Milling Company Montgomery County
- Montgomery's Mill Green County
- Moore's Mill Monroe County · 1874
- Mount Savage Furnace Carter County · 1848
- Munfordville Railroad / Depot Area Hart County
- Nelson Furnace Nelson County
- New Haven Depot / Kentucky Railway Museum Nelson County
- Norton Furnace Boyd County · 1873
- Old Grist Mill–Distillery Site (Loretto) Marion County
- Owensboro Union Station Daviess County · 1906
- Paducah Railroad Museum McCracken County
- Paris Railroad Depot District Bourbon County
- Payne Mill Pulaski County
- Pennsylvania Furnace Greenup County
- Pioneer Furnace Lawrence County
- Princess Furnace Boyd County · 1876
- Raccoon Furnace Greenup County
- Robinson Mill Pulaski County
- Ruddell's Mills Bourbon County
- S.F. Turner and Company Steam Flouring and Grist Mill Washington County
- Salt River Furnace Bullitt County
- Sandy Furnace Boyd County
- Shelby Street Streetcar Barn Jefferson County · 1895
- Site of Barnes Mill Madison County
- Star Furnace Carter County · 1848
- Steam Furnace (Wurtland) Greenup County · 1824
- Stone House at Fisher's Mill Woodford County
- Suwanee Furnace Lyon County
- Swope-Dudderar House and Mill Site Lincoln County
- Tenn. Rolling Mills Lyon County
- Thomsons Mill Warehouse Scott County
- Weisenberger Mill Scott County · 1913
- White Mill Hardin County
- Winchester Depot District Clark County
- Wolf Pen Branch Mill Jefferson County