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Plumbe Forge

Centre County, Pennsylvania
Historical Marker Database · Mike Wintermantel
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About six-tenths mile north are the remains of the forge built by Dr. John Plumbe in 1828. There, blooms were made from pig iron carried from the Bald Eagle Valley by mule. The cost of hauling products to the Pennsylvania Canal caused the forge to close in 1842.
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