Kettle

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This file appears in: Gerard Furnace
Kettle

Cast products, such as this kettle, were made from refined pig iron produced in iron blast furnaces all across Kentucky. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.

This file appears in: Gerard Furnace

By Katie Crawford-Lackey
Historical Marker #1373 in Calloway County commemorates Gerard Furnace, an important producer of pig iron in the far western part of Kentucky during the mid-nineteenth century. The production of pig iron was well suited for Kentucky's…