Making history: Blair County’s rich industrial past paves way for present innovation
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Tue, 29 September 2026
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Blair County boasts a rich industrial past driven by the 19th-century iron trade, the expansion of early canal and transport networks and its rise to a world leader in railroading through the Pennsylvania Railroad. The iron industry began in Blair County in the early 1800s as at one time the county had 21 iron furnaces, […]