Burden Iron Works Site

  • Also Known As: Albany Iron Works
  • Also Known As: Burden Upper Works Site
  • Also Known As: Corning, Winslow and Co
  • Also Known As: Sperry Building
  • Also Known As: Troy Iron and Nail Factory

  • Address: King Rd
  • Vicinity: N bank of Wyantskill Creek at the Hudson River
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Site


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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Henry Burden Architect
1813/00/00
1861/09/00 John F Winslow Manufacturer We have ... propositions before the War and Navy Departments, and with attention, we shall secure a fair proportion of what is wanted (in building the MONITOR). - John F Winslow USS MONITOR (wreck)
1862/01/00 The deck plates, hull skirt and the angle iron for the frame of the USS MONITOR are manufactured at the Albany Iron Works. John A Corning and John F Winslow promise to complete the Iron clad armor for the naval vessel within 100 days. USS MONITOR (wreck)

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Particulars for Burden Iron Works Site:
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Area of Significance Engineering
Criteria Exemplar
Area of Significance Historic and non-aboriginal
Area of Significance Industry
Criteria Information Potential
Area of Significance Invention
Historic Use Manufacturing facility
Level of Significance National
Owner Private
Sight Category Site



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 10th November 1977

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Burden Iron Works Site
Registry Address: Address Restricted
Registry Number: 77000977
Resource Type: Site
Owner: Private
Architect: Burden,Henry
Architectural Style: No style listed
Area in Acres: 50
Contributing Buildings: 2
Contributing Sites: 11
Contributing Structures: 1
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Industry, Historic and non-aboriginal, Engineering, Invention
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering, Information Potential
Cultural Affiliation: Not Available
Period of Significance: 1875-1899, 1800-1824
Significant Year: 1813, 1898
Historic Function: Industry, processing, extraction
Historic Sub-Function: Manufacturing facility
Current Function: Vacant, not in use
Current Sub-Function:

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