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Juniata Iron

Huntingdon County · dedicated 1947 · Wm. Penn Hwy. (US 22) just E of Birmingham Pk. (PA 453), Water Street (town name)

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.

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

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