Brady's Bend Iron Company Furnaces (also known as Brady's Bend Works) is a set of historic blast furnaces and rolling mill located in Brady's Bend Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. The furnaces are constructed of stone, with the first blown into production in 1840. A second furnace was added in 1845. They were hot blast furnaces powered by a 250-horsepower steam engine. The rolling mill was also powered by a 250-horsepower steam engine and went into production in January 1842. The furnaces and mill were established by the Great Western Iron Works in August 1839, and is considered by some the "Pittsburgh of the Middle 1800s" and "Cradle of the Iron and Steel Industry in America." It was known as the Brady's Bend Iron Company after 1844. The company was credited with manufacturing the first T-rails west of the Allegheny Mountains. The works closed in 1873.[3]
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| Location | PA 68, Brady's Bend, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°59′55″N 79°37′34″W / 40.99861°N 79.62611°W |
| Area | 0.6 acres (0.24 ha) |
| Built | 1839 |
| Built by | Great Western Iron Works |
| NRHP reference No. | 80003407[1] |
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| Added to NRHP | August 11, 1980 |
| Designated PHMC | November 28, 1946[2] |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "PHMC Historical Markers". Historical Marker Database. Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission. Archived from the original on December 7, 2013. Retrieved December 10, 2013.
- ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2012-08-23. Note: This includes Robert H. Peters (September 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Bradys Bend Iron Company Furnaces" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-08-22.
