Glen Mills
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Gosffo
N 39° 55.227 W 075° 29.421
18S E 458095 N 4419043
Not much left of the village.
Waymark Code: WM8H7Q
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 04/03/2010
Views: 8
Marker Text: An early American industrial village. John Taylor built Sarum Forge here ca. 1739. He erected Pennsylvania's first iron-slitting mill, 1746, and 90 years later this was acquired by the Willcox family for its Glen Mills paper operations. Here, paper was made for U.S. currency, 1868-78; produced so as to foil counterfeiting, it was internationally known. By 1882, when the R.R. station here was built, this was a busy commercial area.
Marker Name: Glen Mills
County: Delaware
Date Dedicated: 09/23/1997
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: Railroad Station, Glen Mills
Category: Business & Industry, Government & Politics, Government & Politics 18th Century, Iron, Mills, Railroads
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