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Iron & Steel Hall of Fame
“The Signers”

Charles Carroll 1737 - 1832, Maryland, Carrollton Furnace
Stephen Hopkins, 1707 - 1785, Rhode Island, Hope Furnace
Philip Livingston 1716 - 1778, New York, Ancram Creek Bloomery
George Ross, 1730 - 1779, Pennsylvania, Mary Ann Furnace
James Smith, 1719 - 1806, Pennsylvania, Hellam Forge
George Taylor, c1716 - 1781, Pennsylvania, Durham Furnace and Warwick Furnace
James Wilson, 1742 - 1798, Pennsylvania, Hopewell Furnace and others 

Historical Significance:

The creation of the United States parallels the development of the American iron industry, exemplified by the fact that seven signers of the Declaration of Independence were ironmasters.  Although Britain attempted to stem the colonies’ iron production, by the Revolution, the colonies were one of the world’s largest iron producers.  The iron sites supplied products for the war for independence and the ironmasters were actively involved in politics.  The iron industry was central in the fight for American independence.

Declaration of Independence lithograph (1885-1886), Library of Congress

Iron and Steel Hall of Fame Induction - 2018  



Hall of Fame Index Page
Members
John & William Worth
Mark Bird
William Bird
Robert Coleman
John Deere
Noke
Anna Nutt & Rebecca Grace
David Thomas
Samuel Nutt
Margaret Miller
Vernon Greenly
John Fritz
Thomas Rutter
John Winthrop
Thomas & John Potts
The Signers
Henry Cort
Rebecca Lukens
William Kelly
Henry Bessemer
William Siemans
Andrew Carnegie
John Pierpont Morgan
Elbert Henry Gary
Henry Clay Frick
August Thyssen
Charles Schwab
The Krupp Family
Wilbur Ross
Guy Dolle
Lakshmi Mittal
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