Abstract
Clippings and other information related to the first iron furnace in western half of Kentucky. Charles Wilkins, Ruggles Whiting, and Jacob Holderman are noted as well as Thomas Lincoln. A presentation paper has the history of the Ohio Valley Iron industry with the Pittsburg area, Wheeling and Mahoning and Shenanto Valleys. Also Hanging Rock Iron Region and the regions of the Cumberland, Tennessee and Green Rivers. Names mentioned are: Richard Deering, David Trimble, John Trimble, William Shreve, Murtry and Ward, A. Pogue, George Poague, John Means Seaton, Jame Rodgers, Lillie and Rose Means, Greenup County furnaces, Carter County furnaces. Also other old furnaces of Kentucky. Includes an article by O. M. Mather of Hodgenville about the Aetna Furnace.
Disciplines
Business | Chemical Engineering | Geological Engineering
Recommended Citation
Special Collections, Department of Library, "Aetna Furnace and Ohio Valley Iron Industry" (1960). Research Collections. Paper 327.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_kl_non_mat/327