Bourbon Iron Works | |
Location | 2.6 miles (4.2 km) south of Owingsville, Kentucky on Kentucky Route 36 |
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Coordinates | 38°06′51″N 83°44′53″W / 38.11417°N 83.74806°W |
Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
Built | 1791 |
Built by | Myers, Jacob |
NRHP reference No. | 76000844 [1] |
Added to NRHP | September 1, 1976 |
The Bourbon Iron Works, near Owingsville in Bath County, Kentucky, date from 1791. The works was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. [1]
It was the first of six blast furnaces built in this area for the smelting of iron ore. Only the blast furnace stack survives. [2]
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