On Kentucky Route 5 at Straight Creek Road, on the left when traveling north on Kentucky Route 5.
Buena Vista Furnace Built by William Foster and Co. in 1847, 2¼ miles west, named for Mexican War battle that year. It was an important factor in the Hanging Rock iron industry until dismantled in 1876. Its 1874 production was 4113 tons. Stone . . . — — Map (db m126266) HM
On Kentucky Route 5 at Princess Drive, on the left on Kentucky Route 5.
Princess Furnace. Built here in 1876-77 by Thomas W. Means (1803-90), for 50 years the leading figure in the iron industry of this area, owner of furnaces in Kentucky, Ohio, Virginia, Alabama. This iron-jacketed stack burned “stone . . . — — Map (db m126230) HM
