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Shadyside Iron Furnace

Allegheny County · dedicated 1958 · SE corner of Bayard St. & Amberson Ave., at Winchester-Thurston H.S. field, Pittsburgh

Built on lowlands here in 1792. Birth of the iron industry in the Pittsburgh region. It made stove and grate castings. Closed about a year later due to lack of ore and wood.

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

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