Harbison-Walker Refractories Company
Harbison-Walker Refractories Company | |
![]() Harbison-Walker engine repair house, May 1989 | |
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°W |
Area | 21 acres (8.5 ha) |
Built | 1899, 1905 |
MPS | Industrial Resources of Huntingdon County, 1780--1939 MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 90000392[1] |
Added to NRHP | March 20, 1990 |
Harbison-Walker Refractories Company, originated as the Star Firebrick Company on March 7, 1865 with Articles of Association by a group of Pittsburgh and Allegheny residents. On January 30, 1875 Hay Walker, Sr and Samuel P. Harbison entered Articles of Agreement to purchase the interests in Star Fire Brick Company and formed the Harbison and Walker Company. Then on July 30, 1894 Harbison & Walker was incorporated under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, finally being chartered as Harbison-Walker Refractories Company by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on June 30, 1902. [2] Ultimately this company was merged into Dresser Industries in 1967.[3]
The company was part of the Fortune 500 from 1955 until 1967.[4]
In 2015 a successor company in Pittsburgh adopted the Harbison-Walker name and brand as its own.[5]
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.[6]
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
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ MacCloskey, James E., Jr (1952). History of Harbison-Walker Refractories Company. Pittsburgh, PA.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2014-05-18.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "FORTUNE 500: Harbison-Walker Refractories".
- ^ 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
- Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Historic American Engineering Record in Pennsylvania
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Buildings and structures in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
- National Register of Historic Places in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
- 1902 establishments in Pennsylvania
- American companies established in 1902
- Pennsylvania Registered Historic Place stubs