The Pine Grove Iron Works was a smelting facility in southcentral Pennsylvania during the Industrial Revolution . The works is notable for remaining structures that are historical visitor attractions of Pine Grove Furnace State Park , including the furnace stack of the Pine Grove Furnace. The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 13, 1977 for its significance in architecture and industry. It includes seven contributing buildings , two structures, fourteen sites, and two objects.
17-738: C. 1930 : PA Bureau of State Parks 1913: PA Department of Forestry 1877: S Mountain Mining & Iron Co tbd: South Mountain Iron Company c. 1874: Thomas Iron Company 1864: South Mountain Iron Company 1864: Morehead 1863: Jay Cooke & Co 1845: E. Watts & W. Watts 1838: F. Watts & Penrose 1835: J. Ege & M. P. Ege 1815: P. Ege 1803: M. Ege 1788: Arthur, M. Ege & T. Thornburg 1783: M. Ege, J. Thornburg & T. Thornburg 1773: Simon 1772: McGrew 1762: Stevenson 1762 (137 acres): Pope 1736: Thomas Penn and Richard Penn [3] The works occupied
34-432: A post office, and the schoolhouse and c. 1790 Pine Grove Cemetery ( 40°01′41″N 77°17′59″W / 40.02804°N 77.29983°W / 40.02804; -77.29983 ) were south of the village and the iron works. A local store provide goods. Pine Grove Furnace was built about 1770, the second of nine Cumberland County furnaces . It was built and operated by Robert Thornburg and John Arthur, in
51-724: A section of the Appalachian Trail as well as the majority of the Cumberland County Biker/Hiker Trail and the entire "Old Railroad Bed Road" that is the southeast border of Pine Grove Furnace State Park . The "Hunter's Run and Slate Belt R.R. Co." was incorporated on June 8, 1891, to build from Pine Grove Furnace to "Old Slate Quarry," in Adams County . The railway line leased the former South Mountain Railroad tracks between Hunters Run and Pine Grove Furnace from
68-530: The South Mountain Railway and Mining Company on July 13, 1891. The extension to Slate Belt, Pennsylvania , of 5.12 miles (8.24 km) opened on June 15, 1892. The railway line supported the 1892 Fuller Brick and Slate Company and by 1893, the company was based in the railroad offices and repair shops at Pine Grove Furnace. In February 1904, the railroad operated 2 locomotives and 3 passenger cars. The Gettysburg and Harrisburg Railway took over
85-597: The Pennsylvania Department of Forestry in 1912-3. References [ edit ] ^ "Pine Grove" (Google News Archive) . The Adams Sentinel . December 20, 1864 . Retrieved 2011-06-13 . ( Jay Cooke & Company had purchased the Pine Grove Iron Works for $ 225,000 in 1863.) ^ "…Recreational Guide for Pine Grove Furnace State Park" (PDF) . Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources . 2009. Archived from
102-880: The United States Defunct companies based in Pennsylvania History of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania Ironworks and steel mills in Pennsylvania South Mountain Range (Maryland−Pennsylvania) American companies established in 1865 Non-renewable resource companies disestablished in 1913 1865 disestablishments in Pennsylvania 1913 disestablishments in Pennsylvania Non-renewable resource companies established in 1865 Hunter%27s Run and Slate Belt Railroad The Hunter's Run and Slate Belt Railroad
119-478: The creek and the "east workings" with the limestone quarry ("flux ... pit 250'x75'x50' deep" in 1891) and Pine Grove bank No. 1. Pine Grove was the village/town associated with the iron works (designated the "Pine Grove Furnace" populated place in 1979), and village structures included the Methodist Episcopal Church and residences north of the east-west road through the area. By 1886 the village had
136-482: The engine house(s) continued pumping the ore pit (now Fuller Lake ) to keep reduced water levels. The cold blast furnace had been converted to hot blast by 1877, and remodelling in the 1877-8 winter including changes to allow alternate fuels. Connellsville coke was first used on March 22/23, 1879; and anthracite was first used shortly afterward. A rail extension to the Wild Cat pits, 2.5 miles west of Pine Grove,
153-685: The interest of George Stevenson, who already owned Laurel Forge downstream on Mountain Creek. The furnace smelted iron ore to produce colonial cast iron products such as wagon wheel iron, fireplace backs, iron kettles, ten plate stoves, and in the late 19th century, Baldwin Locomotive parts. [4] The Pine Grove Furnace facilities were identified as "Pine Grove Iron-Works" by 1782 ("Mr. Eger's [ sic ] iron-works" in 1783), [5] and in addition to water raceways and charcoal hearths (traces of which are still visible), support facilities were built near
170-624: The latter South Mountain Railway and Mining Company establishing the 1884 South Mountain Railroad between the Pine Grove Iron Works and the Cumberland Valley Railroad 's Carlisle Junction then being purchased by the 1891 Gettysburg and Harrisburg Railway company. The real estate of the 1877 South Mountain Mining and Iron Company is now the Pine Grove Furnace State Park and Michaux State Forest after being sold to
187-597: The majority of the Pine Grove Division of the South Mountain Forest and, by 1931, the Pine Grove Furnace State Park . [9] The ownership chain of the Pine Grove Iron Works was published in 1886, and a history by one of the superintendents was published in 1934. The Ironmaster's Mansion was restored by 1985 and renovated from 2010 until April 5, 2011. [10] In 1991, Railroads to Pine Grove Furnace
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#1732870119489204-630: The original (PDF) on April 2, 2015 . Retrieved 2011-05-20 . ^ …Department of Forestry…Years 1912-1913 (Report). Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters. 1915 . Retrieved 2011-05-22 . With the final purchase of … Pine Grove Furnace from the South Mountain Mining & Iron Company, which was consummated by deed bearing date the 12th day of September, 1913 Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=South_Mountain_Iron_Company&oldid=1174337030 " Categories : Defunct mining companies of
221-457: The small area around the furnace stack a "quarter of a mile from the" quarry. Notable geographic points near the works include the Mountain Creek distributary point for the furnace water race on the west, the wash race distributary point from Tom's Run (north), and the confluence of the furnace's water race with the creek (east). Also to the east and southeast were the railroad bridge over
238-533: The works, e.g., the 1829 L-shaped iron master mansion [6] (named "office" in 1872). A saw mill was built c. 1777 , [7] and the Pine Grove No. 1 bank was used for limonite iron ore while two quarries provided limestone. The 1870 South Mountain RR , with offices at Pine Grove, connected the furnace to limestone pits and three operating ore mines. The charcoal -fired furnace was deactivated in 1874, [8] and
255-503: Was a railway line from the Hunter's Run junction of the Gettysburg and Harrisburg Railway that ran southwestward along the south side of Mountain Creek to the Pine Grove Iron Works . The line serviced facilities for mining (e.g., Henry Clay iron mine), for manufacturing (Crane's Siding clay refining plant), and for recreation ( Pine Grove Park for excursions). Portions of the railbed are
272-507: Was considered in 1880 but not completed. Net iron output in the peak year of 1883 was 6,000 short tons (5,400 t). The SMRR-succeeding 1891 Hunter's Run and Slate Belt Railroad and 1910 Gettysburg and Harrisburg Railway operated to the Pine Grove Railroad Station and the nearby Pine Grove Park . Iron production ended in 1895, and the Pine Grove Iron Works was sold on September 12, 1913, as part of 3 tracts which became
289-598: Was published. South Mountain Iron Company From Misplaced Pages, the 💕 The South Mountain Iron Company was the owner of the Pine Grove Furnace in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania , along South Mountain after the 1864 $ 1,500,000 (~$ 23.8 million in 2023) purchase from Jay Cooke & Company . In 1877 the company was split into separate mining and railway companies, with
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