Iron Works

ID: 2170
This file appears in: Caney Furnace
Iron Works

Remains of a furnace in Greenup County are shown in this photograph. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

This file appears in: Caney Furnace

By Katie Crawford-Lackey
Historical Marker #1226 in Bath County includes a history of the furnace built on Caney Fork, a branch of the Licking River. Harrison Connor and Joshua Ewing, Sr., began constructing the Caney Furnace in 1837. Ewing operated the Bourbon Iron…