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Pioneer Iron Works Blast Furnace
Utah Historic Site
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By Bill Kirchner, August 29, 2012 | |
| | | 1. Pioneer Iron Works Blast Furnace Marker | | |
Inscription. To satisfy an urgent need for manufactured iron products, a small group of English, Welch, Scotch, Irish and American pioneers answered a call from Brigham Young to become "Iron Missionaries" to settle Iron County and to make iron. They arrived in Parowan on January 13, 1851 and produced the first iron west of the Mississippi on September 30, 1852 on this site. Due to economic, social, environmental and technical problems the Iron Works was closed down in October 1858.
Erected by Division of State History. (Marker Number S-89.)
Location. 37° 41.066′ N, 113° 3.597′ W. Marker is in Cedar City, Utah, in Iron County. Marker is at the intersection of North 100 East and East 400 North, on the right when traveling north on North 100 East. Click for map. Marker is in this post office area: Cedar City UT 84721, United States of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Deseret Iron Works (here, next to this marker); Cedar City Railroad Depot (approx. ¼ mile away); Escalante Trail (approx. ¼ mile away); Heroine of China (approx. ¼ mile away); The Social Hall (approx. 0.4 miles away); Ward Hall (approx. 0.4 miles away); Cedar City Tabernacle (approx. half a mile away); Ellen (Nellie) Purcell Unthank (approx. 0.8 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Cedar City. |
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By Bill Kirchner, August 29, 2012 | |
| | | 2. Pioneer Iron Works Blast Furnace Marker | | |
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By Bill Kirchner | |
| | | 3. Honoring the Pioneer Iron Mongers | | Located approximately .2 mile south is the Memorial honoring the Pioneer Iron Mongers. | | |
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By Bill Kirchner | |
| | | 4. Honoring the Pioneer Iron Mongers Memorial | | |
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By Bill Kirchner | |
| | | 5. Honoring the Pioneer Iron Mongers Memorial | | |
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Credits. This page originally submitted on September 16, 2012, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. This page has been viewed 45 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on September 16, 2012, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.
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