Scranton Blast Furnaces

Scranton Blast Furnaces ( born Scranton Iron Furnaces ) is an industrial museum in the city of Scranton , Pennsylvania , USA .

Scranton Blast Furnaces
English Scranton Iron Furnaces
Blast furnaces, 2008 photo
opening date	1971
Address	Scranton , PA
Site

It represents the remains of four stone blast furnaces , which were built between 1848 and 1857 and used for the production of metals. Iron smelting at this site was started by Scranton, Grant & Company in 1840, and later furnaces were used by Lackawanna Iron & amp; Coal Company. In 1847, rails for the Erie Railway, one of the largest railways in the Northeast United States, were smelted on furnaces. In 1865, Scranton, Grant & Company became the leader in the production of iron in the United States. In 1875 steel smelting began in Scranton. In 1880, 125,000 tons of pig iron were produced in furnaces, which primarily went to the manufacture of rails . In 1902, the plant in Scranton was closed, and all production was moved to the city of Lackawanna, New York ^[1] .

Since 1971, the site has been managed by the Historical Museum Museum of Pennsylvania and is part of the complex of the Anthracite Heritage Museum of Pennsylvania. In 1991, the site was included in the National Register of Historic Places of the USA ^[2] .