TENN. ROLLING MILLS - Eddyville, KY
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N 36° 56.542 W 087° 59.707
16S E 411390 N 4088941
Tenn. Rolling Mills Marker on Hwy. 274 between Eddyville and Cadiz, KY.
Waymark Code: WM29YG
Location: Kentucky, United States
Date Posted: 09/29/2007
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member ChapterhouseInc
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Moved from Nashville to a site one mile west, 1845-46 by Thomas Tennessee Watson, Daniel Hillman. Pig iron from charcoal-fueled blast furnaces in this vacinity was processed into boiler plate, sheets, beams, and other articles here for shipment all over the Mississippi Valley. Operations transferred to Louisville in 1884 by the L.P. Ewald Iron Co.
Marker Name: TENN. ROLLING MILLS

Marker Location: Roadside

Type of Marker: Other

Marker Number (for official markers): 1423

Group(s) Responsible for placing Marker:
Kentucky Historical Society Kentucky Department of Highways


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