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Jonestown in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Union Forge

 
 
Union Forge Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Mike Karl, May 8, 2010
1. Union Forge Marker
Inscription. Site of a charcoal iron forge begun about 1782 by Curtis Grubb, owner of Cornwall Iron Furnace, a major user of Cornwall iron. Such forges transformed brittle pig iron into workable wrought iron. Union Forge included 1,000 acres of land., blacksmith and carpenter shops, a grist mill, and several houses. Under different owners, the forge was in regular operation until 1868. By then, rolling mills were displacing forges as refiners of iron.
 
Erected 2004 by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial EraIndustry & Commerce. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1782.
 
Location. 40° 27.093′ N, 76° 30.705′ W. Marker is in Jonestown, Pennsylvania, in Lebanon County. Marker is on Lickdale Road (Pennsylvania Route 1020) just east of Pennsylvania Highway 72, on the left. In front of Lickdale Campground. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 11 Lickdale Road, Jonestown PA 17038, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Fort Swatara (approx. 0.9 miles away); Swatara Gap (approx. 1.7 miles away); Transportation Corps Unit Training Center
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(approx. 1.9 miles away); Union Canal (approx. 2.2 miles away); OH-6A Cayuse (approx. 3.2 miles away); AH-1F Bell (approx. 3.2 miles away); UH-1 Iroquois (approx. 3.2 miles away); M4A3 Sherman Tank (approx. 3.3 miles away).
 
Union Forge Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Mike Karl, May 8, 2010
2. Union Forge Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on May 11, 2010, by Mike Karl of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 1,694 times since then and 34 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on May 11, 2010, by Mike Karl of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.

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