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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS02_steamboat-enterprise-boatbuilding-center_Brownsville-PA.html
Steamboat EnterpriseFourth steamboat built in Western Pennsylvania, Bridgeport, 1814. Engine design by Daniel French. Captain Henry M. Shreve, commanding. Steamed to New Orleans, Fall, 1814 and returned June 1815. First steamboat to ascend the Mis…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4LW_philander-knox_Brownsville-PA.html
Born May 6, 1853 in a house still standing on Front Street. Attorney-General in 1901, leading the anti-trust fight. A U.S. Senator, 1904-09. Secretary of State under Taft. Re-elected Senator in 1917. Died in 1921.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4LM_brashear-house_Brownsville-PA.html
John A. Brashear, astronomer, educator, was born here 1840. His grandfather kept the Brashear House, a leading tavern. In 1825 Lafayette spoke from its doorway to the people of Brownsville.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10S_james-g-blaine_Brownsville-PA.html
Born Jan. 31, 1838, on this site, of Pennsylvania pioneer ancestry. Washington College graduate. Moved to Maine in 1854. Served the nation as member of Congress, party leader and Secretary of State.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10J_the-first-cast-iron-bridge_Brownsville-PA.html
The first cast iron bridge built in the United States, was built in 1836-1839 over Dunlap's Creek at this point.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10A_brownsville-route-40-bridge_Brownsville-PA.html
ASM International has designated Brownsville - Route 40 Bridge an historical landmark. This bridge, designed by and built under the supervision of Capt. Richard Delafield in 1839 to improve the "National Road", is the first cast iron bridge to be …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZZ_dunlaps-creek-bridge_Brownsville-PA.html
An integral part of the National Road, this was the first metal arch bridge in the United States, built 1836-39. Replacing several earlier bridges on this site, including an 1809 Finley suspension bridge, this 80-foot span was built of cast iron b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZO_brownsville_Brownsville-PA.html
Once called Redstone Old Fort, its history includes the Ohio Company storehouse, 1854, and Fort Burd, 1759. It was on the route of Nemacolin's Trail, of Burd's Road, and of the National Road.
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This tablet is erected by the Great Meadows Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, to mark the site of the Redstone Old Fort, accredited to the Mound Builders. It is also the site of Fort Burd, built by the British in 1759, under Colonel J…