Allegheny Furnace
The Allegheny Furnace is an historic iron furnace, which is located in Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania, USA. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Jet Lowe, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Temple Beth Israel and Leap-The-Dips.
Temple Beth Israel
Synagogue
Photo: Meholzer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Temple Beth Israel is a Reform synagogue located at 3004 Union Avenue, Altoona, Pennsylvania, in the United States.
Leap-The-Dips
Roller coaster
Photo: Oldano, Public domain.
Leap-The-Dips is a wooden roller coaster located at Lakemont Park near Altoona, Pennsylvania. Built in 1902 by the Federal Construction Company and designed by E.
Peoples Natural Gas Field
Stadium
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Peoples Natural Gas Field is a 7,210-seat baseball-only stadium in Altoona, Pennsylvania, that opened in 1999. It is the home ballpark of the Eastern League's Altoona Curve Minor League Baseball team.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lakemont and Altoona.
Lakemont
Hamlet
Lakemont is a census-designated place in Allegheny and Logan Townships in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located to the east of I-99 and is located between Altoona and Hollidaysburg. Lakemont is situated 1½ miles southeast of Allegheny Furnace.
Altoona
Photo: Bossi, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Altoona is a city in central Pennsylvania. Altoona was founded as a railroad town by the Pennsylvania Railroad as the site of their Altoona Works shops, and its history as a railroad town still shows in the town today despite the decline of the railroad and its eventual absorption into Penn Central, Conrail, and now Norfolk Southern.
Juniata Township
Village
Juniata Township is a township in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Altoona, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 965 at the 2020 census. Juniata Township is situated 3½ miles north of Allegheny Furnace.
Allegheny Furnace
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: bloomery in Altoona, Pennsylvania
- Categories: bloomery and locality
- Location: City of Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.48979° or 40° 29′ 23″ northLongitude
-78.40724° or 78° 24′ 26″ westElevation
1,096 feet (334 metres)Open location code
87G3FHQV+W4OpenStreetMap ID
node 158555276OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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