Ashland Iron and Mining

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This file appears in: Licking Furnace
Ashland Iron and Mining

Smaller operations such as the Licking Furnace lost out to larger iron producers in and out of the state, such as the Ashland Iron Mining Company, pictured here. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.

This file appears in: Licking Furnace

By Katie Crawford-Lackey
Historical Marker #1395 in Newport commemorates the Licking Furnace, which operated for more than twenty five years. Largely driven by the production demands of the Industrial Revolution, the mid-nineteenth century witnessed a boom in the iron…