Logans Ferry Powder Works Historic District

Barking Rd., Plum Borough, Pennsylvania. County/parish: Allegheny.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places May 07, 1998. NRIS 98000399.

27 contributing buildings. 8 contributing structures.

From Wikipedia:

Logans Ferry Powder Works Historic District

Logans Ferry Powder Works Historic District is a historic district in Plum, Pennsylvania. These powder works were started in 1918, and they produced explosive bronze-aluminum powder for use in fireworks and other explosives and pigments for Alcoa. The works were listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 7, 1998. the plant was being dismantled as of 3/6/2015

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992238

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