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Scottdale Iron & Steel Works, Uptegraff Drive, Scottdale, Westmoreland County, PA
Summary
Significance: One of the earliest steel and iron works in Westmoreland County, the company produced iron and steel sheets and became a subsidiary of U.S. Steel in the early 20th century. Reborn as an electrical equipment production facility in the late 1930s, the Scottsdale facilities became an important maker of industrial transformers for oil refineries and large institutions.
Survey number: HAER PA-297
Building/structure dates: 1873 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1894- 1897 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: after 1930 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1938 Subsequent Work
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Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
William H. Everson & Company
U.S. Steel Corporation
Uptegraff Manufacturing Company
American Sheet Steel Company
American Sheet & Tin Plate Company
R. E. Uptegraff Manufacturing Company
Uptegraff, R E
America's Industrial Heritage Project (AIHP), sponsor
Madrid, transmitter
Lowe, Jet, photographer
Fitzsimons, Gray, historian
Rose, Kenneth, historian
Location
Scottdale (Pa.), 40.10035, -79.58698
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html
