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Bedford Furnace

Huntingdon County · dedicated 1947 · US 522 near Palmer St., at SE end of Orbisonia

First iron furnace in the Juniata region. Famous as a center for making quality charcoal iron. Located on Black Log Creek below its junction with Shade Creek. Completed about 1788.

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Marker data: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission via data.pa.gov

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