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Blue plaque № 29291

Pottstown, PA, United States

First Iron Bridge. The first iron truss bridge in the U.S. was built in 1845 in the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad blacksmith shop, just south of here. It was designed for the railroad in 1844 by Richard B. Osborne.

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