Scranton Iron Furnaces

Scranton Iron Furnaces

Remains of the stone blast furnaces.
Location	Scranton, Pennsylvania
Type	Industrial history
Website	www.anthracitemuseum.org
Lackawanna Iron and Coal Company Furnace
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	159 Cedar Ave., Scranton, Pennsylvania
Coordinates
Area	3.8 acres
Built	1848
Architectural style	Other, Iron furnace
MPS	Iron and Steel Resources of Pennsylvania MPS
NRHP Reference #	91001126
Added to NRHP	September 6, 1991

The Scranton Iron Furnaces is a historic site that preserves the heritage of iron making in the U.S. State of Pennsylvania and is located in Scranton, near the Steamtown National Historic Site. It protects the remains of four stone blast furnaces which were built between 1848 and 1857. Iron production on the site was started by Scranton, Grant & Company in 1840. Later, the furnaces were operated by the Lackawanna Iron & Coal Company. In 1847, iron rails for the Erie Railroad were made at the site. In 1865, Scranton, Grant & Company had the largest iron production capacity in the United States. In 1875, steel production started at the site. In 1880, the furnaces produced 125,000 tons of pig iron, one of the main uses of which was in the making of t-rails. The plant was closed in 1902, when production was shifted to Lackawanna, New York.

The site has been managed by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission since 1971 and is part of the Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum complex. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991, as the Lackawanna Iron and Coal Company Furnace.

References

• Official Scranton Iron Furnaces website
• Online article with many images