Mt. Savage Furnace

ID: 2435
This file appears in: Kenton Furnace
Mt. Savage Furnace

Kentucky's iron furnaces were usually constructed of cut native limestone such as the pictured here in Carter County, which was built in 1847. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.

This file appears in: Kenton Furnace

By Katie Crawford-Lackey
Historical Marker #1434 in Newport remembers Kenton Furnace's brief but important existence in Campbell County. Kenton Furnace, built in 1869 by the Kenton Iron Company, was one of many iron producers in the Bluegrass State. Its primary…