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

Cornwall Banks

Cornwell Banks Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Beverly Pfingsten, March 6, 2010

1. Cornwell Banks Marker

Inscription. One of world's greatest iron mines, oldest operated continuously in the New World. It has been mined for more than two centuries, and is still the greatest iron ore deposit east of Lake Superior.

Erected 1947 by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Industry & Commerce • Natural Resources. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) series list.

Location. 40° 16.095′ N, 76° 24.269′ W. Marker is in Cornwall, Pennsylvania, in Lebanon County. It is on Granite Street 0.3 miles west of Gold Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Cornwall PA 17016, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in South-Central Pennsylvania, specifically in Pennsylvania Dutch Country,

and in Greater Harrisburg.

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.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Grubb's First Forge (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Abattoir (approx. 0.2 miles away); Roasting Oven (approx. 0.2 miles away); Cornwall Furnace (approx. ¼ mile away); a different marker also named Cornwall Furnace (approx. ¼ mile away); a different marker also named Cornwall Furnace (approx. ¼ mile away); Cornwall

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(approx. half a mile away); The Shay Brothers (approx. 0.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cornwall.

Also see . . . Cornwall Banks - Behind the Marker. ExplorePAHistory.com (Submitted on July 20, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.)

Cornwall Banks image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Beverly Pfingsten, March 6, 2010

2. Cornwall Banks

Photographed by Bill Pfingsten, March 6, 2010

3. Cornwall Banks

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on May 1, 2010, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland. This page has been viewed 1,515 times since then and 37 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on May 1, 2010, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland.

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