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Crane Iron Works PA362

The first long-term, commercially successful anthracite iron furnace opened July 4, 1840, here in Catasauqua. Built for the Lehigh Crane Iron Co. by David Thomas, it soon made 50-60 tons of pig iron a week. By 1868 the works had six furnaces; production ceased, 1930.

Front Stbetween Church & Wood Sts., Catasauqua. Lehigh County Pennsylvania.


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