The New Hampshire Furnace is an abandoned pig iron furnace in the Hanging Rock Iron Region of Greenup County, Kentucky.
New Hampshire Furnace, located in the Hanging Rock Iron Region in Greenup County, Kentucky, was constructed in 1846 by Samuel Seaton and others. 1 It features a stack 35 feet high with a bosh 10 feet wide. Fueled by charcoal, its hot air blast was powered by a steam engine which allowed for a daily capacity of six tons. For a period of 22 weeks in 1854, it produced 970 tons of iron which were hauled in pigs by oxcarts to the Ohio River.
Directions: New Hampshire Furnace is located along a branch of Brushy Creek Road in Greenup County, Kentucky.
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- Rowe, Frank H. “Franklin Furnace.” History of the Iron and Steel Industry in Scioto County, Ohio. Columbus: F.J. Heer, 1938. 80-82. Print.
