Pittsburgh Plate Glass Ford City Works
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Ford City Works is a memorial in Borough of Ford City, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh Plate Glass Ford City Works is situated nearby to Ford City Memorial Park, as well as near the health club Shapes.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include First Presbyterian Church and St. Mary’s Ukrainian Catholic Church.
First Presbyterian Church
Church
Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0.
First Presbyterian Church is situated 660 feet east of Pittsburgh Plate Glass Ford City Works.
St. Mary’s Ukrainian Catholic Church
Church
Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St. Mary’s Ukrainian Catholic Church is situated 1,000 feet southeast of Pittsburgh Plate Glass Ford City Works.
Ford Memorial United Methodist Church
Church
Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ford Memorial United Methodist Church is situated 1,000 feet northeast of Pittsburgh Plate Glass Ford City Works.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ford City and McGrann.
Ford City
Town
Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ford City is a borough in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, United States, 40 miles northeast of Pittsburgh along the east bank of the Allegheny River and 4 miles south of Kittanning, the county seat.
McGrann
Hamlet
McGrann is an unincorporated community in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, United States. The community is bounded by Manorville to the northwest, Ford City to the southwest, and Pennsylvania Route 66 to the east.
Applewold
Village
Applewold is a borough in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 334 at the 2020 census. Applewold is situated 2½ miles north of Pittsburgh Plate Glass Ford City Works.
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Ford City Works
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “Among the largest and most productive plate glass factories in the world; opened 1887. At its peak, the plant employed more than 3,500 ethnically diverse workers, who passed through a specially-built tunnel under busy train tracks. Operations ended 1991.”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Borough of Ford City, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.77058° or 40° 46′ 14″ northLongitude
-79.53305° or 79° 31′ 59″ westOpen location code
87G2QFC8+6QOpenStreetMap ID
node 13859533502OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ford City Memorial Park and Shapes.
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