Harbison-Walker Refractories Company, West end of Shirley Street, Mount Union, Huntingdon County, PA
Summary
Significance: The Mount Union plant was the first works in the United States constructed exclusively for the manufacture of silica brick. Harbison and Waker, of Pittsburgh, was one of the largest refractory manufacturers in the world.
Survey number: HAER PA-242
Building/structure dates: 1899 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1985 Subsequent Work
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Tags
brickworks
silica mineral
mount union
harbison walker
refractories
harbison walker refractories company
west end
shirley
shirley street
mount
union
huntingdon
huntingdon county
pennsylvania
historic american engineering record
chris madrid
kim wallace
photo
ultra high resolution
high resolution
manufacturing plants
united states history
library of congress
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Madrid, Chris, transmitter
Wallace, Kim, transmitter
Location
Mount Union
,
40.38111, -77.87716
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html