John F. Fritz

Chester County · dedicated 1954 · PA 41 at Derry Mtg. Rd. (PA 796), 2.8 miles SE of Cochranville (Missing)

His absolute integrity, mechanical ability, inventive genius, and practical resourcefulness brought about improved processes and products in the iron and steel industry in America. He introduced the three-high rolls into the Cambria mill, applied the Bessemer process to American practice, improved the manufacture of armor plate. Fritz was born 1.3 miles NE of here in 1822.

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