Coke Oven Hollow (also called Foundry) is a ghost town in Penn Township, Parke County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
[1] A thriving manufacturing settlement during the 19th century, Coke Oven Hollow is today covered by forest.
Owned by William G. Coffin, the foundry used pig iron imported from Cincinnati to manufacture ploughs, stoves and various milling and gearing items.
[2][3] Finished product was transported to markets in Indianapolis, Richmond, and Cincinnati by way of the nearby Sugar Creek, which joined the Wabash River 4 mi (6.4 km) west.
[5] Industrial activities declined by the early 1900s, and the settlement today is covered by mature forest, and is located within the 93-acre (38 ha) Mossy Point Nature Preserve.