Juniata Iron
Posted by: IV_Warrior
N 40° 32.888 W 077° 40.638
18T E 273291 N 4492042
Marker about the iron industry of the area.
Waymark Code: WMEMP
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 06/11/2006
Views: 23
Marker Text
Along the streams of this region are ruins of many charcoal iron furnaces and forges built between 1790-1850. Juniata iron was the best in America. Its reign ended with the rise of coal and coke iron making.
Marker Name: Juniata Iron
County: Mifflin
Date Dedicated: 08/21/1947
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: U.S. 22 & 522 at Strodes Mills, 4.9 miles SW of Lewistown
Category: Business & Industry, Iron, Coal
Website: Not listed
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