Built 1789 NRHP Reference # 91001130 Opened 1789 Added to NRHP 6 September 1991 | Architectural style Other, Iron furnace Designated PHMC November 22, 1946 Area 2 ha | |
Location Off Township 568 at Jacobs Creek, northeast of Perryopolis, Perry Township, Pennsylvania MPS Iron and Steel Resources of Pennsylvania MPS Similar Scranton Iron Furnaces, Aronimink Golf Club, Arlington Park, Allegheny Mountains, Gettysburg Battlefield |
Alliance Furnace, also known as Jacob's Creek Furnace and Alliance Iron Works, is a historic iron furnace located at Perry Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1789, and is a stone structure measuring 25 feet square and 15 feet high. Also on the property is a charcoal house measuring 40 feet by 25 feet by 20 feet. It was built as a blast furnace, placed in blast in 1792 and closed in 1802.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.
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