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Allegheny Furnace, Union Avenue & Cresent Road, Altoona, Blair County, PA
Summary
Significance: Though constructed in 1811, Allegheny did not prosper until the mid 1830s when Elias Baker assumed its control. The furnace was originally charcoal fired though it was converted to coke in the 1860s. The furnace went out-of-blast in the 1870s.
Survey number: HAER PA-318
Building/structure dates: 1811 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1867 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: ca. 1870- before. 1880
Building/structure dates: 1939 Subsequent Work
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Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Allison, Robert
Henderson, Andrew
Baker, Elias
Diller, Roland
Baker, Sylvester C
Women's Club of Altoona
Madrid, transmitter
Location
Altoona (Pa.), 40.49180, -78.40632
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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