Burden Iron Works
Ironworks, Troy, New York.
- Side
- Union
- Kind
- Ironworks
- Where
- Troy, New York
- Years
- 1861-1865
- Today
- Museum
BURDEN IRON WORKS
Henry Burden's two Troy factories made more than 90 percent of the horseshoes used by Union forces, 51 million a year with 1,400 workers. Each machine made a horseshoe a second, and the business grew from $500,000 in 1860 to $2.3 million in 1864.
Then
More than 90 percent of the horseshoes used by Union forces were made at Henry Burden's two Troy factories, which turned out 51 million horseshoes a year with 1,400 workers. Each machine made a horseshoe a second, and the business grew from $500,000 in 1860 to $2.3 million in 1864.
Now
Museum
The 1881-82 office building houses the Burden Iron Works Museum of the Hudson Mohawk Industrial Gateway. The works site is on the National Register as an archaeological site.
Track in service today runs beside the site, on a line owned by CSX.
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