Land Between the Lakes

The Iron Works

There is iron ore here in the Land Between the Lakes and there were iron works in the 1800”s. Most of the ore played out and the works were abandoned. We toured one area where iron was made. They used iron ore, charcoal, and limestone to make pig iron. This is a picture of the structure they used to make charcoal. The outside is clay covering the wood inside. This is a cut away of the structure.