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Bradys Bend Iron Company Furnaces

Field	Value
name	Bradys Bend Iron Company Furnaces
image	Bradys Bend Iron Company Furnace.jpg
location	PA 68, Brady's Bend, Pennsylvania
coordinates
locmapin	Pennsylvania#USA
built	1839
builder	Great Western Iron Works
added	August 11, 1980
area	0.6 acre
refnum	80003407
designated_other1_name	Pennsylvania state historical marker
designated_other1_abbr	PHMC
designated_other1_date	November 28, 1946
designated_other1_link	List of Pennsylvania state historical markers
designated_other1_color	navy
designated_other1_textcolor	#ffc94b

Brady's Bend Iron Company Furnaces (also known as Brady's Bend Works) is a set of historic blast furnaces and rolling mill located in Brady's Bend Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. The furnaces are constructed of stone, with the first blown into production in 1840. A second furnace was added in 1845. They were hot blast furnaces powered by a 250-horsepower steam engine. The rolling mill was also powered by a 250-horsepower steam engine and went into production in January 1842. The furnaces and mill were established by the Great Western Iron Works in August 1839, and is considered by some the "Pittsburgh of the Middle 1800s" and "Cradle of the Iron and Steel Industry in America." It was known as the Brady's Bend Iron Company after 1844. The company was credited with manufacturing the first T-rails west of the Allegheny Mountains. The works closed in 1873.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

References

{{NRISref
"PHMC Historical Markers". Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission.
Robert H. Peters. "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania SP Bradys Bend Iron Company Furnaces". National Archives and Records Administration.

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