Bourbon Iron Works

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Pictured here are the remains of the Bourbon Iron Works furnace. Constructed in 1791, it was decommissioned in 1838. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

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Bourbon Iron Works

By Katie Crawford-Lackey

Historical Marker #993 in Bath County notes the history of the Bourbon Iron Works, which was built by Jacob Myers in 1791. Myers moved from Virginia to what would become Kentucky in the early 1780s. Upon his arrival, he purchased thousands of…