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Iron & Steel Hall of Fame
Robert Grace

Born-Died: 1708-1766

Location: Chester County

Site/Company: Coventry Forge, Warwick Furnace

Historical Significance:

Robert Grace controlled interest two of the most influential iron sites in Pennsylvania.  Coventry Forge, established in 1717, was the second in the state.  Grace was good friends with Benjamin Franklin, who invented his stove c1742.  Franklin gave a model of the freestanding fireplace, known as the Franklin Stove, to Grace to use a template for manufacturing the stoves.  This led to Warwick Furnace manufacturing the first Franklin Stoves, which were more efficient at heating rooms than an open fireplace.

Iron and Steel Hall of Fame Induction - 2025 

Pennsylvania Map, Published 1775 Library of Congress 


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David and Samuel Reeves
Robert Grace
Samuel Colt
John & William Worth
Anna Nutt & Rebecca Grace
David Thomas
William Bird
Mark Bird
Noke
John Deere
Robert Coleman
Samuel Nutt
Vernon Greenly
Margaret Miller
John Fritz
Thomas Rutter
Lakshmi Mittal
Guy Dolle'
Wilbur Ross
Friedrich, Alfred & Friedrick Alfred Krupp
Charles Schwab
August Thyssen
Henry Clay Frick
Elbert Henry Gary
John Pierpont Morgan
Andrew Carnegie
William Siemens
Henry Bessemer
William Kelly
Rebecca Lukens
Henry Cort
George Taylor
James Smith
George Ross
Stephen Hopkins
Philip Livingston
Charles Carroll
James Wilson
The Signers
Thomas & John Potts
John Winthrop Jr.
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