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Cedar City in Iron County, Utah — The American Mountains (Southwest)
 

Pioneer Iron Works Blast Furnace

Utah Historic Site

 
 
Pioneer Iron Works Blast Furnace Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed 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.)
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & CommerceNatural ResourcesSettlements & Settlers. A significant historical month for this entry is January 1928.
 
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. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Cedar City UT 84721, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Deseret Iron Works (here, next to this marker); The Southern Paiute People (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Cedar City Railroad Depot (approx. ¼ mile away); Cedar City's Iron Heritage
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(approx. ¼ mile away); Heroine of China (approx. ¼ mile away); El Escalante Hotel (approx. ¼ mile away); The Utah Parks Company (approx. ¼ mile away); The Hay Derrick (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cedar City.
 
Pioneer Iron Works Blast Furnace Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Bill Kirchner, August 29, 2012
2. Pioneer Iron Works Blast Furnace Marker
Honoring the Pioneer Iron Mongers image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Bill Kirchner
3. Honoring the Pioneer Iron Mongers
Located approximately .2 mile south is the Memorial honoring the Pioneer Iron Mongers.
Honoring the Pioneer Iron Mongers Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Bill Kirchner
4. Honoring the Pioneer Iron Mongers Memorial
Honoring the Pioneer Iron Mongers Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Bill Kirchner
5. Honoring the Pioneer Iron Mongers Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on September 16, 2012, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. This page has been viewed 664 times since then and 18 times this year. 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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