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Thropp Company Ashcom Quarry, South of U.S. Route 30 off State Route 1004, Ashcom, Bedford County, PA

Thropp Company Ashcom Quarry, South of U.S. Route 30 off State Route 1...

Significance: Developed in the early 1900s in connection with local ironmaker Joseph E. Thropp, limestone from this quarry was used as flux in the blast furnace for the production of pig iron. Many such quarri... More