Shadyside Iron Furnace
N 40° 27.122 W 079° 56.518
17T E 589715 N 4478467
It's now a hoity toity private school in an exclusive urban neighborhood, but there was once an iron furnace here. It lasted only a year. Now "snob" can be found instead of "smog."
Waymark Code: WM8DZ
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 03/05/2006
Views: 37
Marker text: "Built on lowlands here in 1792. Birth of the iron industry in the Pittsburgh region. It made stove and grate castings. Closed about a year later due to lack of ore and wood."
It's hard to imagine that the mighty Pittsburgh iron and steel industry had its earliest beginnings in exclusive Shadyside!
Marker Name: Shadyside Iron Furnace
County: Allegheny
Date Dedicated: 12/01/1958
Marker Type: City
Location: SE corner, Bayard St. & Amberson Ave., Oakland, Pittsburgh
Category: Business & Industry, Iron, Furnaces
Website: Not listed
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