Near Eddyville in Lyon County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)
Mammoth Furnace ⎯⎯⎯ Iron Made in Kentucky
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, March 20, 2021
1. Mammoth Furnace Marker
Inscription.
Mammoth Furnace, also, Iron Made in Kentucky. .
Mammoth Furnace. Built Ύ miles west in 1845 by Charles and John Stacker, a stone stack 31½ ft. high, 9 ft. across inside at widest. Steam-powered, charcoal-fueled, it made white, unusually hard pig iron from ore deposits near furnace, producing 1514 tons in 48 weeks, 1857. CSA Army obstructed. Tenn. River at Ft. Henry with iron. spikes made here. Last blast 1874.,
Iron Made in Kentucky. A major producer since 1791, Ky. ranked 3rd in US in 1830s, 11th in 1965. Charcoal timber, native ore, limestone supplied material for numerous furnaces making pig iron, utensils, munitions in the Hanging Rock, Red River, Between Rivers, Rolling Fork, Green River Regions. Charcoal-furnace era ended in 1880s with depletion of ore and timber and use of modern methods.
Mammoth Furnace
Built Ύ miles west in 1845 by Charles and John Stacker, a stone stack 31½ ft. high, 9 ft. across inside at widest. Steam-powered, charcoal-fueled, it made white, unusually hard pig iron from ore deposits near furnace, producing 1514 tons in 48 weeks, 1857. CSA
Army obstructed. Tenn. River at Ft. Henry with iron. spikes made here. Last blast 1874.
Iron Made in Kentucky
A major producer since 1791, Ky. ranked 3rd in US in 1830s, 11th in 1965. Charcoal timber, native ore, limestone supplied material for numerous furnaces making pig iron,
utensils, munitions in the Hanging Rock, Red River, Between Rivers, Rolling Fork, Green River Regions. Charcoal-furnace era ended in 1880s with depletion of ore and timber and use of modern methods.
Erected 1970 by Kentucky Historical Society and Kentucky Department of Highways. (Marker Number 1364.)
88° 5.583′ W. Marker is near Eddyville, Kentucky, in Lyon County. It is at the intersection of Old Ferry Road (Forest Road 117) and Forest Road 122, on the right when traveling north on Old Ferry Road. Marker is in Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Eddyville KY 42038, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Kentucky’s Jackson Purchase. It is also in the American Midwest, in the South, and specifically in the Upper South. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture and also the Antebellum South.
Regarding Mammoth Furnace / Iron Made in Kentucky. The furnace now sits under Lake Barkley.
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, March 20, 2021
3. Mammoth Furnace / Iron Made in Kentucky Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on March 22, 2021. It was originally submitted on March 22, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 1,181 times since then and 43 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on March 22, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
