Bradys Bend Iron Company Furnaces

Bradys Bend Iron Company Furnaces
Location PA 68, Brady's Bend, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°59′55″N 79°37′34″W / 40.99861°N 79.62611°W / 40.99861; -79.62611Coordinates: 40°59′55″N 79°37′34″W / 40.99861°N 79.62611°W / 40.99861; -79.62611
Area 0.6 acres (0.24 ha)
Built 1839
Built by Great Western Iron Works
NRHP Reference # 80003407[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP August 11, 1980
Designated PHMC November 28, 1946[2]

Brady's Bend Iron Company Furnaces (also known as Brady's Bend Works) is a set of historic blast furnaces and rolling mill located in Brady's Bend Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. The furnaces are constructed of stone, with the first blown into production in 1840. A second furnace was added in 1845. They were hot blast furnaces powered by a 250 horsepower steam engine. The rolling mill was also powered by a 250 horsepower steam engine and went into production in January 1842. The furnaces and mill were established by the Great Western Iron Works in August 1839, and is considered by some the "Pittsburgh of the Middle 1800's" and "Cradle of the Iron and Steel Industry in America." It was known as the Brady's Bend Iron Company after 1844. The company was credited with manufacturing the first T-rails west of the Allegheny Mountains. The works closed in 1873.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "PHMC Historical Markers". Historical Marker Database. Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission. Retrieved December 10, 2013.
  3. ↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Robert H. Peters (September 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Bradys Bend Iron Company Furnaces" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-08-22.


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