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Mega Cavern, a cavern in Louisville, Kentucky created by limestone quarrying over 42 years during the middle of the 20th century. Deemed the largest building in the state, it has 4,000,000 square feet (370,000 m 2 ) and is now used for tourism including zip lines, for storage and other business.
Allis-Chalmers was a U.S. manufacturer of machinery for various industries.Its business lines included agricultural equipment, construction equipment, power generation and power transmission equipment, and machinery for use in industrial settings such as factories, flour mills, sawmills, textile mills, steel mills, refineries, mines, and ore mills.
Coal was discovered in Kentucky in 1750. Since the first commercial coal mine opened in 1820 coal has gained both economic importance and controversy regarding its environmental consequences. As of 2010 there were 442 operating coal mines in the state, [ 1 ] and as of 2017 there were fewer than 4,000 underground coalminers.
Estill County, Kentucky. Morel Mushrooms are commonly found in Estill County in the spring, with Irvine's Mountain Mushroom Festival being dedicated to them. [1] Estill County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,163. [2] Its county seat is Irvine. [3]
CoorsTek, Inc. is a privately owned manufacturer of technical ceramics for aerospace, automotive, chemical, electronics, medical, metallurgical, oil and gas, semiconductor and many other industries. CoorsTek headquarters and primary factories are located in Golden, Colorado, US. The company is wholly owned by Keystone Holdings LLC, a trust of ...
London is a home rule-class city [ 4 ] in Laurel County, Kentucky, in the United States. It is the seat of its county. [ 5 ] The population was 8,053 at the time of the 2020 census. [ 6 ] It is the second-largest city named "London" in the United States and the fourth-largest in the world. [citation needed]
After the war, the Olins acquired the Mathieson Chemical Corporation—also founded in 1892. [8] [9] [10] Long before its association with Olin, Mathieson Alkali Works began business in Saltville, Virginia, and a year later acquired its neighbor, the Holston Salt and Plaster Corp. Saltville became a quintessential company town, where they produced chlorine and caustic soda, and in the process ...
FIPS code. 21-43840. GNIS feature ID. 2404880 [ 2 ] Website. www.cityoflancasterky.com. Lancasterlocally / ˈlæŋkəstər / [ 4 ] is a home rule-class city [ 5 ] in Garrard County, Kentucky, in the United States. It is the seat of its county. [ 6 ] As of the year 2020 U.S. census, the city population was 3,901.