Near Fitchburg Road, 3.1 miles north of Kentucky Route 52.
This historic structure was built at the peak of the iron industry in 1868. The furnace once produced high-quality iron used for railroad wheels and rails.
As you roam the grounds and explore this innovative construction, enjoy the opportunity . . . — — Map (db m131603) HM
Near Fitchburg Road, 3.1 miles north of Kentucky Route 52.
Welcome to what was once the Fitchburg Furnace Community--a bustling settlement that made its living from the iron and wood resources of these mountains. Fitchburg had mills, shops, and homes for more than 100 families, all engaged in the smelting . . . — — Map (db m131604) HM
Near Fitchburg Road, 3.1 miles north of Kentucky Route 52.
Each furnace operation was normally a self-contained community, known as an iron plantation, under the direction of an iron master, usually the owner. Under his direction several types of skilled laborers took part in the overall operation. Miners . . . — — Map (db m131607) HM
Near Fitchburg Road, 3.1 miles north of Kentucky Route 52.
The casting house was a wooden shed, which covered the sand moulds where the iron was run. Note the depression in the stone directly above the archway, which probably held the roof of the shed. Long trenches, sloping gradually from the front of the . . . — — Map (db m131609) HM
Near Fitchburg Road, 3.1 miles north of Kentucky Route 52.
"Give er fire." This cry ran through the woods as colliers tended huge piles of charring wood, which would be used as fuel at Fitchburg Furnace. Colliers, men who made charcoal, built many coal pits or hearths throughout the mountains during the . . . — — Map (db m131610) HM