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Pennsylvania Iron & Steel: 300 Years of Industrial Might
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300 Years of Iron & Steelmaking in Pennsylvania - Richard Smith
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300 Years of Industrial Might
Introduction
Selected Sites
Timeline
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1700s
Rutter's Bloomery — 1716
Coventry Forge — 1717
Colebrookdale Furnace — 1720
Durham Furnace — 1727
Coventry Steel Furnace — 1730s
Sarum Forge — 1739
Cornwall Iron Furnace — 1742
Valley Forge — c1742
Hopewell Furnace — 1770
Phoenixville Steel Corporation — 1790
1800s
Lukens Steel Company — 1810
Alan Wood Steel Company — 1832
Scranton Iron Furnaces — 1840
Clay Furnace — 1845
Cambria Iron Company, Johnstown — 1852
Hussey, Wells, & Company — 1859
From Iron to Steel
Pennsylvania Steel Company, Steelton — 1866
Midvale Steel — 1867
Parkesburg Iron Company — 1872
Edgar Thomson Works — 1875
Worth Brothers Company — 1881
Carrie Furnaces — 1880s, 1907
1900s
United States Steel Corporation — 1901
Bethlehem Steel Corporation — 1904
G.O. Carlson, Inc. — 1937
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The Pennsylvania Steel Industry Today
Pennsylvania Iron and Steel Sites to Visit Today
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