Hopewell Furnace
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Iron Made in Kentucky
Hopewell Furnace. Also called Ozeoro, built ½ mile north in 1848 by Wm. L. Hiter, Wm. Lewis and Henry F. Given. A brick stack 30 ft. high, 9 ft. in maximum inner diameter, it was charcoal-fueled powered with air blast by steam. In 33 weeks of 1856 it produced 1096 tons of pig iron from locally mined ore. It was rebuilt in 1857, and ceased operating in 1859.
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 1349.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Natural Resources. In addition, it is included in the Appalachian Iron Furnaces, and the Kentucky Historical Society series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1848.
Location. 37° 9.202′ N, 88° 18.123′ W. Marker is in Tiline, Kentucky
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Regionally, this marker is in Kentucky’s Jackson Purchase. It is also in the American Midwest, in the South, in the Upper South, and in the Ohio River Valley. 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.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Underwood Furnace / Iron Made in Kentucky (within shouting distance of this marker); Livingston County Courthouse (approx. 5.7 miles away); Dallam-Bush House (approx. 5.7 miles away); County Named, 1798 (approx. 5.7 miles away); A Civil War Base (approx. 5.7 miles away); Methodist Church (approx. 5.7 miles away); Ned Buntline / Gower House (approx. 5.7 miles away); Federal Commissary Building (approx. 5.8 miles away).
Credits. This page was last revised on April 5, 2021. It was originally submitted on April 4, 2021, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. This page has been viewed 324 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 4, 2021, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
