La Belle Iron Works
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La Belle Iron Works | |
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La Belle Iron Works, July 1990 | |
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| Location | Jct. of 31st and Wood Sts., Wheeling, West Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 40°3′1″N 80°43′20″W / 40.05028°N 80.72222°WCoordinates: 40°3′1″N 80°43′20″W / 40.05028°N 80.72222°W |
| Area | 4.6 acres (1.9 ha) |
| Built | 1852 |
| Architectural style | Other, Industrial Italianate |
| NRHP Reference # | 97001415[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 24, 1997 |
La Belle Iron Works, also known as La Belle Cut Nail Works, is a historic factory complex and national historic district located at Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia. The district includes four contributing buildings; three Italianate style brick buildings dated to the founding of the company in 1852, and a tin plate mill built 1894-1897. After 1902, the buildings were combined under a single roof, although the truss systems date to different periods achieving the configuration visible today. When listed in 1997, it was known as the "La Belle Cut Nail Plant, The Largest in the World, Wheeling Corrugating Company, A Division of Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel Corporation." The cut nail machinery still in use by La Belle dates to 1852 and the 1860s. The machinery at La Belle along with the different processes were documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey team during the summer of 1990.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.[1]
References
- 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ Katherine M. Jourdan and Laura Pfeifer (1997-10-01). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: La Belle Iron Works" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-09-01.
External links
- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. WV-47, "LaBelle Iron Works, Thirtieth & Wood Streets, Wheeling, Ohio County, WV", 62 photos, 2 color transparencies, 5 measured drawings, 54 data pages, 6 photo caption pages
- LaBelle Iron Works Corliss Engine January 27, 2010, YouTube video
- La Belle Iron Works history, from the Wheeling Register, Sunday, Feb. 5, 1922, sec. 4, p. 1
- e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia, La Belle Iron Works article, October 7, 2010
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