Laurel Hill Furnace Explained

Laurel Hill Furnace
Location:	Southeast of New Florence on Baldwin Run, St. Clair Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:	40.3667°N -79.0589°W
Built:	1845
Builder:	Hezekiah Reed, Gallagher, & Hale
Added:	April 28, 1975
Refnum:	75001679

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.^[1]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

External links

• oldindustry.org website

Notes and References

1. Web site: National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania . CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System . Searchable database . June 11, 2012 . July 21, 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070721014609/https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp . dead. Note: This includes Web site: [{{NRHP-PA|H001142_01H.pdf}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Laurel Hill Furnace ]. June 10, 2012 . Thomas M. Schmidt and David M. Berman . PDF . August 1974.