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Brady's Bend Iron Work Company stock certificate, September 22, 1864.
Credit: Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania
The Brady's Bend Iron Company acquired possession of the Great Western Iron Company property in 1844, erecting a second blast furnace, which was completed in 1845. The manufacture of strap-rails was continued till 1846, in the latter part of which year the works were altered for the manufacture of T-rails, which has continued to be sole product during their succeeding operation.