Harbison-Walker Refractories Company
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Harbison-Walker Refractories Company | |
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Harbison-Walker engine repair house, May 1989 | |
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| Location | W. Shirley St., Mount Union, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°23′10″N 77°53′23″W / 40.38611°N 77.88972°WCoordinates: 40°23′10″N 77°53′23″W / 40.38611°N 77.88972°W |
| Area | 21 acres (8.5 ha) |
| Built | 1899, 1905 |
| MPS | Industrial Resources of Huntingdon County, 1780--1939 MPS |
| NRHP Reference # | 90000392[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 20, 1990 |
Harbison-Walker Refractories Company, originally known as W.H. Haws Refractories Company, was a Pittsburgh-based company founded in 1902 and merged into Dresser Industries in 1967.[2]
The company was part of the Fortune 500 from 1955 until 1967.[3]
In 2015 a successor company in Pittsburgh adopted the Harbison-Walker name and brand as its own.[4]
A national historic district and historic refractory brick manufacturing complex located at Mount Union in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. It consists of 14 contributing buildings and 27 contributing structures. They were built in two sections; the No. 2 works date to 1899 and the No. 1 works date to 1905. Principal buildings and structures include brick kilns; mixing, molding, and drying facilities; storage and shipping sheds; a pattern making building; and crushing and screening facilities.[5]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. It is located in the Mount Union Historic District, established in 1994.[1]
References
- 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ http://www.carnegielibrary.org/research/business/pghannualreports.html
- ↑ http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500_archive/snapshots/1967/3132.html
- ↑ http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/blog/morning-edition/2015/01/anh-refractories-rebrands-as-harbisonwalker.html
- ↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Deborah L. Suciu (August 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Harbison-Walker Refractories Company" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-12-02.
External links
- Official company website
- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. PA-242, "Harbison-Walker Refractories Company, West end of Shirley Street, Mount Union, Huntingdon County, PA", 9 photos, 1 color transparency, 8 data pages, 3 photo caption pages
- HAER No. PA-242-A, "Harbison-Walker Refractories Company", 4 photos, 1 color transparency, 2 photo caption pages
- HAER No. PA-242-B, "Harbison-Walker Refractories Company, Kiln", 1 photo, 1 photo caption page
- HAER No. PA-242-C, "Harbison-Walker Refractories Company, Molding Room", 1 photo, 1 photo caption page
- HAER No. PA-242-D, "Harbison-Walker Refractories Company, Packing Shed", 1 photo, 1 photo caption page
- HAER No. PA-242-E, "Harbison-Walker Refractories Company, Rotary Dryer & Storage Silos", 2 photos, 1 photo caption page
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