Fort Pitt Foundry

Fort Pitt Foundry

The Fort Pitt Foundry was a nineteenth century iron foundry in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was originally established at Fifth Avenue and Smithfield Street in 1804 by Joseph McClurg, grandfather of Joseph W. McClurg. It was later moved to the area of Pittsburgh now know as the Strip District at 12th and Etna. It was an early producer of ordinance for the United States, and manufactured cannonballs for Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry's forces in the War of 1812. It was best known for the manufacture of large cannon. [cite journal |title=A Great Cannon Foundry |journal=Scientific American |year=1864 |issue=Septmber 10] One of the largest was a 20 inch bore Rodman Gun, a large black powder, smoothbore, muzzle-loading coastal defense gun. [Cite web |title=The Strip District: Rodman's Great Guns |url=http://www.clpgh.org/exhibit/neighborhoods/strip/strip_n41.html |accessdate=7-05-2008] [cite journal |title=A Twenty-Inch Gun; Casting at the Fort Pitt Foundry |journal=New York Times |year=1864 |issue=Feb. 21]

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