First Iron Rails - Danville, PA
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Ernmark
N 40° 57.881 W 076° 37.109
18T E 363807 N 4536097
Marker noting the site of the 1st rolling mill to manufacture iron RR rails.
Waymark Code: WM41PG
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 06/24/2008
Views: 17
The mill where this took place was the Montour Iron Works, which was the the largest iron manufacturing plant in the US at the time.
Marker text is as follows:
The first rolling mill built to make the iron T railroad rails was nearby. T rails were first rolled Oct. 8, 1845. The first 30 foot rails made on order in the U.S. were rolled here in 1859 for the Sunbury and Erie railroad.
Note - this marker is currently listed as missing on the PHMC website.
Marker Name: First Iron Rails
County: Montour
Date Dedicated: 05/12/1947
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: U.S. 11 in Danville at Mahoning Creek
Category: Business & Industry, Invention, Railroads, Transportation
Website: [Web Link]
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