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A detail of a stock certificate for the Brady's Bend Iron Company
Credit: Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania
With a short stoppage from the fall of 1848 to the summer of 1849, the Brady's Bend Works were in prosperous operation until 1858, when, owing to the death of the principal proprietor, they were completely shut down for five years. A new organization was effected in the fall of 1862, and work was commenced in all departments in February, 1863, continuing with no noticeable interruption until October, 1873