Shadyside Iron Furnace. Built on lowlands here in 1792. Birth of the iron industry in the Pittsburgh region. It made stove and grate castings. Closed about a year later due to lack of ore and wood.

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SE corner of Bayard St. & Amberson Ave., at Winchester-Thurston H.S. field, Pittsburgh, PA
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