INDUSTRIAL HEARTLAND IN KENTUCKY


The former Ashland oil refinery is now operated by Marathon.


The Amanda blast furnaces of A-K Steel (formerly ARMCO Steel) in Ashland, KY.


More detail of one of the Amanda furnaces showing the skip hoist and the stoves.


The ore bridge at the Amanda furnaces above the stockpile of taconite.


CSX train passes A-K Steel's blast furnaces in Ashland, probably on its way to the nearby Russell Train Yard.


A view of A-K Steel's steel mill in Ashland as viewed from across the river in Ironton, OH.


A-K Steel operates these coke ovens on the other side of Ashland.


Saturday evening at A-K Steel's coke plant between Ashland and Catlettsburg, KY.


Covington, Kentucky.


St. Mary's Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption in Covington, KY.


Tube mill in Wilder, KY. The tops of the skyscrapers in downtown Cincinnati are barely visable behind the mill.


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