Boggs Township near Holters Crossing in Centre County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Last Charcoal Iron

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 10, 2025

1. Last Charcoal Iron Marker

Inscription.

Last charcoal iron
smelted in
Pennsylvania, 1921

Erected by Roland Curtin Foundation.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1921.

Location. 40° 58.446′ N, 77° 44.465′ W. Marker is near Holters Crossing, Pennsylvania, in Centre County. It is in Boggs Township. It is on Curtin Road (Pennsylvania Route 1003) 0.1 miles Eagle Valley Road ( Route 150), on the left when traveling south. Marker is adjacent to the Eagle Iron Works Casting House. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 251 Curtin Road, Howard PA 16841, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Pennsylvania Wilds.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

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least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Workers Village (a few steps from this marker); Eagle Iron Works (a few steps from this marker); Bald Eagle and Spring Creek Navigation Canal Lock 11 (a few steps from this marker); Eagle Iron Works and Curtin Village (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Curtin Mansion (about 600 feet away); Site of Curtin Station, Bald Eagle Valley Railroad (about 700 feet away); Eagle Ironworks (approx. 0.2 miles away); War Memorial (approx. 3.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Holters Crossing.

Also see . . .
1. Eagle Ironworks (Centre County Encyclopedia of History & Culture). (Submitted on June 12, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
2. Eagle Iron Works and Curtin Mansion. (Submitted on June 12, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
3. Charcoal Making at Hopewell Furnace NHS on YouTube. (Submitted on June 12, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
4. Iron Making (Hopewell Furnace NHS). (Submitted on June 12, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

Last Charcoal Iron and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 10, 2025

2. Last Charcoal Iron and Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 12, 2025. It was originally submitted on June 12, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 106 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 12, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.