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Huron Iron Company Furnace

 
 
Huron Iron Company Furnace Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by J. J. Prats, February 14, 2020
1. Huron Iron Company Furnace Marker
Inscription. In the 1830s the Huron Iron Company Furnace was located two-tenths of a mile west of here.
 
Erected 1989 by the Huron County Historical Society.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Industry & Commerce.
 
Location. 41° 23.311′ N, 82° 21.876′ W. Marker is near Vermilion, Ohio, in Erie County. It is at the intersection of State Road (Ohio Route 60) and Darrow Road, on the right when traveling south on State Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 15019 Darrow Rd, Vermilion OH 44089, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on Ohio’s Lake Erie Shore and in the Western Reserve. It is also in the American Midwest, on the Great Lakes, and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.6 miles away); Vermilion's Founders Memorial (approx. 2.2 miles away); Vermilion / Erie County (approx. 2.2 miles away); The Great Nest of Brownhelm (approx. 2.2 miles away); The Beautiful Bald Eagles of the Vermilion River Valley (approx. 2.3 miles away); Lake Shore Electric Railway (approx. 2.3 miles away); Rotary Park (approx. 2.3 miles away); Firelands "Sufferers" (approx. 2.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Vermilion.
 
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Huron Iron Company Furnace Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by J. J. Prats, February 14, 2020
2. Huron Iron Company Furnace Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 10, 2020. It was originally submitted on May 10, 2020, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 370 times since then and 8 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on May 10, 2020, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.
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Jun. 29, 2026