Duraloy Company, Jacobs Creek, Scottdale, Westmoreland County, PA
Summary
Significance: From 1885 until 1936, National Foundry & Pipe Works Ltd, and its successor, United States Cast Iron and Foundry Company manufactured cast iron water and gas pipes and fittings. The Duraloy Company took over the Scottdale plant in 1937 after its West Virginia factory burned. By 1945, it was one of the largest producers of equipment for the manufacture of magnesium, and a supplier for the Manhattan Project.
Survey number: HAER PA-255
Building/structure dates: 1875 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1937 Subsequent Work
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
National Foundry & Pipe Works, Limited
Madrid, transmitter
Location
Scottdale (Pa.), 40.10035, -79.58698
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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