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Photographer: Bradley Owen
Taken: September 6, 2021
Caption: National Historic Landmark Plaque
Additional Description: W.A. Young and Sons
Foundry and Machine Shop
has been designated a

NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK

This building possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America.

Opened in 1900 and operating until 1965, this site included a machine shop, foundry, pattern shop, and hardware store. The machinery operated by a series of overhead line shafts, pulleys, and belts. Business for the shop came from the steamboat, railroad, and mining industries, as well as piece repair work.

2017
National Park Service
United States Department of the Interior
Submitted: September 6, 2021, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p608351
File Size: 0.125 Megabytes

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