Cambria Iron Company, Merchant Mill, Lower Works, Johnstown, Cambria County, PA
Summary
Significance: Originally contained four heating furnaces and a bar mill for the production of a variety of iron bars and plates. The east facade is highlighted by the original common-bond brick walls and multi-light windows, and the building retains its original wrought-iron, pin-connected Pratt roof trusses.
Survey number: HAER PA-109-G
Building/structure dates: 1872 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1920 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1982
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 89001101
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Cambria Iron Company
Madrid, transmitter
Location
Walnut Grove (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.), 40.32674, -78.92197
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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