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Photographer: Mike Wintermantel
Taken: January 18, 2015
Caption: Peter Tarr Furnace Plaque
Additional Description: Located next to the furnace
In memory of
1812
On this site, part of the original Peter Tarr Grant, stood the first blast furnace erected west of the Alleghenies. Here, were cast the cannon balls used by Commodore Perry in the Battle of Lake Erie, 1813.
"WE HAVE MET THE ENEMY AND THEY ARE OURS"

Erected by
American Legion Post No. 10
Weirton, W. VA.

Dedicated Sept. 2, 1922
Submitted: January 18, 2015, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Database Locator Identification Number: p298543
File Size: 2.222 Megabytes

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