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ASM Historical Landmarks<\/h2>\n

From the Iron Bridge to the Statue of Liberty, ASM Historical Landmarks identify the many sites and events that have played a prominent part in the discovery, development and growth of metals and metalworking. In 1987, the scope of ASM Historical Landmarks was broadened to include all engineered materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
2021<\/td>\nOregon Iron Furnace, City of Lake Oswego, OR <\/strong>\n\n‘The first company in the United States to smelt pig iron west of the Rocky Mountains.’ <\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2020<\/td>\nThe Ames Project, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa<\/strong>\n\n‘The world’s first producer of reactor-fissionable pure uranium metal, enabling self-sustaining nuclear-fission chain-reactions and all of the technologies that\u00a0\u00a0they make possible.’<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2019<\/td>\nFerreria Mirandaola Ironworks, Spain<\/strong>\n\n‘Mirandaola Ferrer\u00c3\u00ada, integrated to the Territorial Museum LENBUR, provided work and economical livehood for over 500 years to the Iron Valley, as an economical engine for Legazpi and the Basque Country.’<\/em>\n\nPratt & Whitney Casting Laboratory\u00a0Hartford, CT<\/strong>\n\n‘For the development and industrialization of directionally solidified columnar grain and single crystal casting alloys and processes for use for gas turbine engine components.’<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2018<\/td>\nMaterion Elmore, Elmore, OH<\/strong>\n\n‘Materion’s Elmore plant began producing beryllium and beryllium copper alloys in 1953. These materials have contributed to significant innovations in the aerospace and defense, information technology, automotive, and telecommunications industries.’<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2017<\/td>\nWeld Mold Company, Brighton, MI<\/strong>\n\n‘For the development of the flood welding process, which facilitated the repair of steel alloy forging dies, thereby extending their lifetime and productivity.’<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2016<\/td>\nAlcoa Inc., Alcoa, TN<\/strong>\n\n‘For being the primary supplier of aluminum heat-treated sheet and structural members for aircraft during World War II, and for playing a significant role in the sustainability and recycling of aluminum can sheet.’<\/em>\n\nQuincy Smelting Works (QSW), Ripley Franklin Township, MI<\/strong>\n\n‘The Quincy Smelting Works is uniquely capable of interpreting the final stage of copper\u00a0production for one of the few native copper ore mining regions on earth.’<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2015<\/td>\nPark Metallurgical\/Heatbath Corporation, Detroit, Michigan<\/strong>\n\n“At the forefront of expanding the business and science of metal working, Park Chemical’s contributions to metallurgical advancements began here in Detroit, Michigan by visionary ASM Founder\/President, William Park Woodside.”<\/em>\n\nScranton Iron Furnaces, Scranton, Pennsylvania<\/strong>\n\n“The Scranton Iron Furnaces spurred the nation’s industrial revolution in iron and coal through the use of anthracite. Locally produced rails contributed to the growth of America’s 19th century railroads.”<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2014<\/td>\nAluminum Company of Canada Ltd, Kingston, Ontario, Canada<\/strong>\n\n“At this site, men and women shaped aluminum from war-time need to peaceful use, learning its secrets, and developing new applications for the future.”<\/em>\n\nOerlikon Metco, Westbury, New York<\/strong>\n\n“The first family of exothermically reacting; self-bonding intermetallic forming compounds used by the thermal spray industry for improved surface protection properties was developed at this site.\u00a0 Process and materials were commercialized between 1965-1972.”<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2013<\/td>\nThe Delhi Iron Pillar, New Delhi, India<\/strong>\n\nThe rustless metallurgical marvel dedicated to ancient iron making traditions and blacksmiths of ancient India<\/em>\n\nUS Department of Energy Savannah River Site, Aiken, SC<\/strong>\n\nFor advancing the materials technologies necessary to produce tritium, plutonium, and other isotopes for national defense, research and medical applications.<\/em>\n\nThe World’s Heavy Hydraulic Closed-Die Forging Presses<\/strong>\n
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  • Alcoa, Cleveland, OH<\/li>\n \t
  • Alcoa, Russia<\/li>\n \t
  • PCC Wyman Gordon, Grafton, MA<\/li>\n \t
  • Aubert Duval, France<\/li>\n \t
  • Weber Metals, Paramount, CA<\/li>\n \t
  • VSMPO, Russia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nThese giant presses enabled quantum changes in the approach of modern aircraft design by producing large, forged monolithic structures. In turn, this capability provided designers with greater flexibility in the application of new alloys; lighter, stronger, and affordable aerostructures; and more powerful and fuel efficient gas turbine engines.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2012<\/b><\/td>\n\n
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  • Sponge Iron Powder Production<\/b>, Riverton, NJ<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011<\/b><\/td>\n\n
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  • The Milk House<\/b>, Electron Energy Corporation\nLandisville, PA<\/li>\n \t
  • Open Coil Annealing<\/b> (OCA Operations) AccelorMittal Dofasco<\/b>, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/b><\/td>\n\n
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  • Metcut Research, Inc.<\/b>\nCincinnati, Ohio<\/li>\n \t
  • Cherry Valley Coke Ovens<\/b>\nLeetonia, Ohio<\/li>\n \t
  • USS Monitor<\/i><\/b>\noff the coast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2009<\/b><\/td>\n\n
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  • ASM International Headquarters Building and Geodesic Dome<\/b> Materials Park, Ohio<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2008<\/b><\/td>\n\n
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  • CoorsTek, Inc.<\/b>\nGolden, Colorado<\/li>\n \t
  • Beehive Coke Ovens<\/b>\nVarious Southwestern Pennsylvania locations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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2007<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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  • The H.L. Hunley Submarine, North Charleston, South Carolina<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n“In the context of naval warfare, H.L. Hunley changed the world.\u00a0 Its builders? innovative use of materials, design and manufacturing techniques resulted in the world?s first successful attack submarine.”<\/i>\n
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    • ATI- ALLVAC, Monroe, North Carolina<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n“For pioneering achievement in Vacuum Induction Melting of nickel-based superalloys in this facility September 19, 1957.”<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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2006<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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  • The Liberty Bell<\/b>\nPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania<\/li>\n \t
  • The Phoenix Iron & Steel Company<\/b>\nPhoenixville, Pennsylvania<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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2005<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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  • Ladish Co., Inc., Cudahy Forge Division<\/b>\nCudahy, Wisconsin<\/li>\n \t
  • Burden Iron Works<\/b>\nTroy, New York<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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2004<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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  • The Caterpillar Tractor at Haggin Museum<\/b>\nStockton, California<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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2003<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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  • The Eli Whitney Armory<\/b>\nHambden, CT<\/li>\n \t
  • L’Anse aux Meadows<\/b>\nNewfoundland, Canada<\/li>\n \t
  • Populonia – Isola d’Elba<\/b>\nTuscany, Italy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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2002<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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  • Outokumpu Flash Smelter<\/b>\nHelsinki-Espoo, Finland<\/li>\n \t
  • AltaSteel Ltd.<\/b>\nEdmonton, Alberta, Canada<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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2001<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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  • The Ohio Crankshaft Company<\/b>\nCleveland, Ohio<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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2000<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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  • Hendrichs Forge<\/b>\nSolingen, Germany<\/li>\n \t
  • Covington-Cincinnati Suspension Bridge<\/b>\nCovington, Kentucky and Cincinnati, Ohio<\/li>\n \t
  • Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory<\/b>\nWest Mifflin, Pennsylvania<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1999<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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  • Polymeric Materials Laboratory<\/b>\nMilan, Italy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1998<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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  • LD-Vessel Number 1<\/b>\nTechnical Museum of Vienna\nVienna, Austria<\/li>\n \t
  • Speedway Laboratories<\/b>\nPraxair Surface Technologies, Inc.\nIndianapolis, Indiana<\/li>\n \t
  • Heroult Electric Arc Furnace for Smelting Iron<\/b>\nTown of Heroult\nShasta County, California<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1997<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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  • Latrobe Plant<\/b>\nAllvac-An Allegheny Teledyne Company\nLatrobe, Pennsylvania<\/li>\n \t
  • William Tod Steam Engine<\/b>\nFormer Youngstown Sheet & Tube Breir Hill Works\nYoungstown, Ohio<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1996<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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  • 48″ Grey Mill<\/b>\nBethlehem Steel Corporation\nBethlehem, Pennsylvania<\/li>\n \t
  • Forge of Fontenay<\/b>\nBourgogne, France<\/li>\n \t
  • Freedom Forge<\/b>\nStandard Steel\nBurnham, Pennsylvania<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1995<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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  • “Little Giant” Universal Testing Machine<\/b>\nTinius Olsen Testing Machine Co., Inc.\nWillow Grove, Pennsylvania<\/li>\n \t
  • Metals Technology Laboratories<\/b>\nCANMET\nOttawa, Ontario, Canada<\/li>\n \t
  • Greenwood Furnace<\/b>\nGreenwood Furnace State Park\nGreenwood Furnace, Pennsylvania<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1994<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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  • Wayne State University<\/b>\nMetallurgical Engineering Laboratory\nDetroit, Michigan<\/li>\n \t
  • Tannehill Ironworks<\/b>\nBirmingham, Alabama<\/li>\n \t
  • Jeffery\/Champion Spark Plug Mine<\/b>\nMono County, California<\/li>\n \t
  • Edgar Thomson Plant<\/b>\nBraddock, Pennsylvania<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1993<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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  • Mound Laboratory<\/b>\nEG&G Applied Mound Technologies\nMiamisburg, Ohio<\/li>\n \t
  • Materials Science & Technology Division<\/b>\nNaval Research Laboratory\nWashington, D.C.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1992<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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  • Watervliet Plant<\/b>\nAL Tech Specialty Steel Corp.\nColonie, New York<\/li>\n \t
  • Electric Arc Furnace<\/b>\nThe Museum of Science & Technology\nMilano, Italy<\/li>\n \t
  • Bethforge Division<\/b>\nBethlehem Steel Corporation\nBethlehem, Pennsylvania<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1991<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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  • Research Center<\/b>\nArmco Inc.\nMiddletown, Ohio<\/li>\n \t
  • AT&T Bell Laboratories<\/b>\nMurray Hill, New Jersey<\/li>\n \t
  • Research Laboratories<\/b>\nCorning Glass Works\nCorning, New York<\/li>\n \t
  • Watervliet Arsenal<\/b>\nU.S. Army\nWatervliet, New York<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1990<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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  • Mannesmann Piercing & Pilger Mills<\/b>\nMannesmannr\u00c3\u00b6hren-Werke AG\nD\u00c3\u00bcsseldorf-Rath, Germany<\/li>\n \t
  • Electric Arc Furnace<\/b>\nDeutsches Werkzeugmuseum\nRemsheid, Germany<\/li>\n \t
  • Aluminum Research Laboratories<\/b>\nAluminum Company of America\nAlcoa Center, Pennsylvania<\/li>\n \t
  • Clydach Refinery<\/b>\nInco\nWest Glamorgan, South Wales<\/li>\n \t
  • Air Force Materials Laboratory<\/b>\nWright-Patterson Air Force Base\nDayton, Ohio<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1989<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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  • AC Spark Plug Division<\/b>\nGeneral Motors Corporation\nFlint, Michigan<\/li>\n \t
  • Research & Development Center<\/b>\nCarpenter Technology Corporation\nReading, Pennsylvania<\/li>\n \t
  • DSV Alvin<\/b>\nWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution\nWoods Hole, Massachusetts<\/li>\n \t
  • The Eiffel Tower<\/b>\nParis, France<\/li>\n \t
  • Mill for the Production of Nickel-Base Alloys<\/b>\nInco Alloy International\nHuntington, West Virginia<\/li>\n \t
  • Oliver Chilled Plow Works<\/b>\nSouth Bend, Indiana<\/li>\n \t
  • Ytterby Mine<\/b>\nResaro Island\nStockholm Archipelago, Sweden<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1988<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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  • Brownsville, Route 40 Bridge<\/b>\nBrownsville, Pennsylvania<\/li>\n \t
  • Building 228, Experimental Station<\/b>\nE.I. duPont de Nemours & Co.\nWilmington, Delaware<\/li>\n \t
  • Electric Arc Furnace<\/b>\nDaido Steel Company Ltd.\nNagoya, Japan<\/li>\n \t
  • Ipanema Iron and Steel Works<\/b>\nSao Paulo, Brazil<\/li>\n \t
  • Kure Beach Marine Atmospheric Test Facility<\/b>\nLaQue Center for Corrosion Technology\nKure Beach, North Carolina<\/li>\n \t
  • Massena Plant<\/b>\nAluminum Company of America\nMassena, New York<\/li>\n \t
  • Metallurgy Division<\/b>\nNational Bureau of Standards\nGaithersburg, Maryland<\/li>\n \t
  • Metalworking Furnaces<\/b>\nMission San Juan Capistrano\nSan Juan Capistrano, California<\/li>\n \t
  • Michigan Copper Country<\/b>\nCoppertown Museum\nCalumet, Michigan<\/li>\n \t
  • Building “2-0-2” Northrop Aircraft<\/b>\nEl Segundo, California<\/li>\n \t
  • Radwerk IV Blast Furnace<\/b>\nVordernberg, Austria<\/li>\n \t
  • Paul Revere’s Copper Rolling Mill<\/b>\nPlymouth Rubber Co., Inc.\nCanton, Massachusetts<\/li>\n \t
  • Sudbury District Ore Body<\/b>\nSudbury, Ontario, Canada<\/li>\n \t
  • Research Institute for Iron and Steel<\/b>\nTohoku University\nSendai, Japan<\/li>\n \t
  • Zinc Distillation Furnace<\/b>\nZawar mines, India<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1987<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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  • Maramec Iron Works<\/b>\nSt. James, Missouri<\/li>\n \t
  • Argonaut Building<\/b>\nGeneral Motors\nResearch Laboratories\nDetroit, Michigan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1986<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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  • Forest Hills Research Laboratories Westinghouse Electric Corporation<\/b>\nForest Hills, Pennsylvania<\/li>\n \t
  • La Farga de Ripoll<\/b>\nRipoll, Spain<\/li>\n \t
  • Magnesium Production, Dow Chemical Company<\/b>\nMidland, Michigan<\/li>\n \t
  • Metals Research Laboratories, Elkem Metals Company Technology Center<\/b>\nNiagara Falls, New York<\/li>\n \t
  • Statue of Liberty<\/b>\nNew York Harbor, New York<\/li>\n \t
  • Sloss Furnaces<\/b>\nBirmingham, Alabama<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1985<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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  • Blaenavon Iron Works<\/b>\nBlaenavon, Wales<\/li>\n \t
  • Col. Frishmuth’s Foundry<\/b>\nPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania<\/li>\n \t
  • Elwood Haynes Museum<\/b>\nKokomo, Indiana<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1984<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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  • The Iron Bridge<\/b>\nTelford, Shropshire, England<\/li>\n \t
  • Hashino Blast Furnace Relics<\/b>\nKamaishi City, Iwate, Japan<\/li>\n \t
  • Albany Research Center, United States Bureau of Mines<\/b>\nAlbany, Oregon<\/li>\n \t
  • World’s First Hot and Cold-wall Hot-Isostatic-Processing (HIP) Vessels<\/b>\nBattelle Columbus Laboratories, Columbus, Ohio<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1983<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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  • Army Materials and Mechanics Research Center<\/b>\nWatertown, Massachusetts<\/li>\n \t
  • The Cast Aluminum Cap on the Washington Monument<\/b>\nWashington, D.C.<\/li>\n \t
  • Reed Gold Mine<\/b>\nCararrus County, North Carolina<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1982<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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  • Acheson Graphite Company<\/b>\nNiagara Falls, New York<\/li>\n \t
  • New Almaden Quicksilver Mine<\/b>\nNew Almaden, California<\/li>\n \t
  • Palacio de Mineria<\/b>\nMexico City, Mexico<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1981<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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  • Lukens Steel Corporation<\/b>\nCoatesville, Pennsylvania<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1980<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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  • John Winthrop Jr. Blast Furnace<\/b>\nWest Quincy, Massachusetts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1979<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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  • America’s First Bessemer Steel Mill<\/b>\nWyandotte, Michigan<\/li>\n \t
  • Eads Bridge<\/b>\nSt. Louis, Missouri and East St. Louis, Illinois<\/li>\n \t
  • Discovery of First Economical Process for Electrolytic Extraction of Aluminum<\/b>\nOberlin, Ohio<\/li>\n \t
  • Pittsburgh Works of the Pittsburgh Reduction Company<\/b>\nPittsburgh, Pennsylvania<\/li>\n \t
  • Free Institute of Industrial Science<\/b>\nWorcester, Massachusetts<\/li>\n \t
  • Saugus Iron Works<\/b>\nSaugus, Massachusetts<\/li>\n \t
  • Experimental Breeder Reactor I<\/b>\nIdaho Falls, Idaho<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1978<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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  • Blast Furnace #1<\/b>\nFundidora Monterrey, S.A.\nMonterrey, Mexico<\/li>\n \t
  • Cradle of Alloy Steel<\/b>\nRepublic Steel Corporation\nCanton, Ohio<\/li>\n \t
  • First Basic Oxygen Furnaces in the Western Hemisphere<\/b>\nDofasco Melt Shop\nHamilton, Ontario, Canada<\/li>\n \t
  • First HYLSA Sponge Iron Plant<\/b>\nHYLSA, S.A.\nMonterrey, Mexico<\/li>\n \t
  • General Electric Company River Works<\/b>\nLynn, Massachusetts<\/li>\n \t
  • Grumman Aerospace Corporation<\/b>\nBethpage, New York<\/li>\n \t
  • #1 Vacuum Induction Melting Furnace<\/b>\nSpecial Metals Corporation\nNew Hartford, New York<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1977<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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  • Atlas Steel Concast Machine<\/b>\nAtlas Steels Company\nWelland, Ontario, Canada<\/li>\n \t
  • Les Vieilles Forges St. Maurice<\/b>\nQuebec Historical Monuments Commission\nTrois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada<\/li>\n \t
  • Waterbury Brass Company Mill<\/b>\nCity of Waterbury, Connecticut<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1976<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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  • Location of the First Steel Converter (Kelley Steel Converter)<\/b>\nBethlehem Steel Corporation\nJohnstown, Pennsylvania<\/li>\n \t
  • Cornwall Iron Mine and Furnace<\/b>\nBethlehem Steel Corporation\nCornwall, Pennsylvania<\/li>\n \t
  • Western Electric-Allentown Works<\/b>\nAmerican Telephone & Telegraph\nWestern Electric Division\nAllentown, Pennsylvania<\/li>\n \t
  • All-Welded Test Boiler Drum<\/b>\nCombustion Engineering, Inc.\nMetallurgical Laboratory\nChattanooga, Tennessee<\/li>\n \t
  • Tredegar Iron Works<\/b>\nEthyl Corporation\nRichmond, Virginia<\/li>\n \t
  • Climax Mine and Mill Complex<\/b>\nClimax Molybendum Company\nDivision of AMAX, Inc.\nClimax, Colorado<\/li>\n \t
  • Tremont Nail Company<\/b>\nTremont Nail Company\nWareham, Massachusetts<\/li>\n \t
  • Old New-Gate Prison and Copper Mine<\/b>\nState of Connecticut HistoricalCommission\nEast Granby, Connecticut<\/li>\n \t
  • Iron Ranges of Minnesota<\/b>\nIron Range Interpretive Center\nChrisholm, Minnesota<\/li>\n \t
  • Ford Tri-Motor Airplane<\/b>\nIsland Airplanes\nPort Clinton, Ohio<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1975<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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  • First Continuous Sheet Rolling Mill<\/b>\nArmco Steel Corporation\nAshland, Kentucky<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1973<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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  • Graphite Reactor<\/b>\nOak Ridge National Laboratory\nOak Ridge, Tennessee<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1972<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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  • Electric Furnace<\/b>\nCrucible Specialty Metals Division\nColt Industries\nSyracuse, New York<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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