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Mount Etna Iron Works, Ironmaster's House, Legislative Route 07020 & T.R. 461, Williamsburg, Blair County, PA

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Mount Etna Iron Works, Ironmaster's House, Legislative Route 07020 & T.R. 461, Williamsburg, Blair County, PA

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Significance: Mt. Etna Iron Works was one of numerous of charcoal iron producers in the nationally renowned Juniata Iron region. This region was a leading producer of pig iron in the antebellum years. Mt. Etna retains a number of structures associated with this iron production. A number of residences and the company store, all related to the iron plantation, remain extant. The Jacob Isett family is significant in the founding of the Juniata iron industry.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-28
Survey number: HAER PA-224-D
Building/structure dates: 1805 Initial Construction

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1969 - 1980
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Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Isett, Samuel
Madrid, transmitter
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Williamsburg40.46202, -78.19973
Google Map of 40.4620172, -78.19973200000001
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