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Underground Railroad: Vesuvius Furnace

Iron Furnaces, which converted iron ore to pig iron, dotted the northeastern landscape prior to the 19th century. At the turn of the century, the industry developed in the Hanging Rock Iron Region of Ohio and Kentucky which became the largest iron producer in the US. The Hanging Rock region produced iron from 1818 to 1916 and was one of three in the country capable of producing the iron needed during the Civil War. Not long after the war, the iron boom in Hanging Rock ceased. Hanging Rock’s…

  • Managed by: USDA Forest Service
  • Coordinates: 38.6055556, -82.6327496

Nearby & related campgrounds

  • LAKE VESUVIUS RECREATION AREA
  • Balancing Rock Trailhead
  • Longbow Archery Trailhead
  • Ironton Ranger District - Ironton Area
  • OAK HILL - LAKE VESUVIUS
  • IRON RIDGE - LAKE VESUVIUS

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