Laurel Hill Furnace
Laurel Hill Furnace is a historic iron furnace located at St. Clair Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1845, and is a rectangular cut stone furnace with four arches at its base. It remained in blast until 1855–1860. The furnace was donated to the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy in 1973.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on July 21, 2007. Retrieved June 11, 2012. Note: This includes Thomas M. Schmidt and David M. Berman (August 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Laurel Hill Furnace" (PDF). Retrieved June 10, 2012.
External links
- oldindustry.org website
- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. PA-251, "Laurel Hill Furnace, Baldwin Run, East of State Route 711, New Florence, Westmoreland County, PA", 2 photos, 1 color transparency, 4 data pages, 2 photo caption pages