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Before the age of railroads, the basic ingredients of iron production needed to be nearby. That explains why furnaces were built in rural settings surrounded by the necessary raw materials.
A source of iron ore was essential.
As the furnaces . . . — — Map (db m105071) HM
On Lincoln Highway (U.S. 30) at State Route 233, on the right when traveling east on Lincoln Highway.
Erected in 1837 by Thaddeus Stevens and James D. Paxton. Stevens' antislavery stand led to its destruction by Gen. Jubal Early, June 26, 1863, on his way to York during the early Gettysburg campaign. — — Map (db m11618) HM
On Lincoln Highway (U.S. 30) at State Route 233, on the right when traveling west on Lincoln Highway.
Erected 1837 by Thaddeus Stevens the great commoner father of the Pennsylvania common school system the first to advocate education for the mountaineer children early exponent of anti-slavery born April 4, 1792 died August 11, 1868 the entire works . . . — — Map (db m11697) HM
The ironmaking process was well-known and cold-blast furnaces built in 18th and 19th century America mimicked designs first used 400 years earlier. A thick stone furnace, shaped like a flat-topped pyramid served as the place of transformation, where . . . — — Map (db m105072) HM
On Lincoln Highway (U.S. 30) at State Route 233, on the right when traveling west on Lincoln Highway.
The stone walls of this old building have withstood the adversities of time and people to stand in mute testament of historical events that helped shape a nation. Built in 1837, partners John Paxton and Thaddeus Stevens erected a blacksmith . . . — — Map (db m201760) HM
On Lincoln Highway (U.S. 30) at State Route 233, on the right when traveling west on Lincoln Highway.
(Left Side): The Good Roads Jubilee One of the largest celebrations for the opening of a paved section of the Lincoln Highway was held here, at the Caledonia Forest Reserve Park, on October 4, 1921. The new paved section of the Lincoln . . . — — Map (db m11702) HM
It took hundreds of workers to produce iron, although only a few actually worked at the furnace. Fillers dumped carts or ore, charcoal and limestone into the seething tunnel head. The founder, assisted by a keeper, ordered ingredients, determined . . . — — Map (db m105073) HM
Near Lincoln Way East (Route 30) 0.7 miles west of Dymond Avenue, on the left when traveling west.
John A. Miner — a life-long resident of Guilford Township — served in Germany during the Korean War with the US Army. John's avid interest in trains and railroading was evidenced by his membership in the Lionel Train Collectors Club of America . . . — — Map (db m152348) HM
Near Lincoln Way East (U.S. 30) 0.7 miles west of Dymond Avenue, on the left when traveling west.
Built in June 1942 in Altoona as number 477951, this caboose (known as a cabin car to PRR employees) served the PRR as well as the Penn Central and Conrail into the mid 1980s. After being retired, it was purchased by . . . — — Map (db m152349) HM
Near Lincoln Way East (U.S. 30) 0.7 miles west of Dymond Avenue, on the left when traveling west.
This station served the town of Quincy, Pennsylvania on the Mont Alto Railroad, later the Cumberland Valley and Pennsylvania Railroads. The building was acquired by Guilford Township from James Fouchard in 2008, moved to Norlo Park and restored to . . . — — Map (db m152346) HM
