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Harbison-Walker Refractories Company, West end of Shirley Street, Mount Union, Huntingdon County, PA

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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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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
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1969 - 1980
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Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Madrid, Chris, transmitter
Wallace, Kim, transmitter
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Mount Union ,  40.38111, -77.87716
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Library of Congress
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http://www.loc.gov/
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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

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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