| Coke Oven Hollow, Indiana | |
| Mapsize: | 150px |
| Pushpin Map: | USA Indiana Parke County |
| Pushpin Label: | Coke Oven Hollow |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Parke County |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Parke |
| Subdivision Type3: | Township |
| Subdivision Name3: | Penn |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Coordinates: | 39.8531°N -87.2919°W |
| Elevation M: | 199 |
| Elevation Ft: | 653 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 47832 |
| Area Code: | 765 |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 452146 |
Coke Oven Hollow (also called Foundry) is a ghost town in Penn Township, Parke County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
A thriving manufacturing settlement during the 19th century, Coke Oven Hollow is today covered by forest.
Sugar Creek Iron Foundry was established at the settlement by 1836. Owned by William G. Coffin, the foundry used pig iron imported from Cincinnati to manufacture ploughs, stoves and various milling and gearing items.[1] [2] Finished product was transported to markets in Indianapolis, Richmond, and Cincinnati by way of the nearby Sugar Creek, which joined the Wabash River 4miles west.[1] [2]
By 1837, a coal mine was noted at the settlement, used for the production of coke.[3] [4]
A pottery had been established at nearby Annapolis since 1841. Potters' clay mined at Garrard Quarry in Coke Oven Hollow was used there to manufacture stoneware.[5] [6] [7]
A flatboat builder was also located at Coke Oven Hollow.[4]
Industrial activities declined by the early 1900s, and the settlement today is covered by mature forest, and is located within the 93abbr=onNaNabbr=on Mossy Point Nature Preserve.[4] [8]