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Burden Iron Works Museum, Troy, NY
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Burden Iron Works Museum

Industrial history museum in a former iron company office building in South Troy, New York.

1 East Industrial Parkway, Troy, NY 12180 · Troy, NY

About Burden Iron Works Museum

The museum occupies the former headquarters of the Burden Iron Co. in South Troy, built in the early 1880s when a large iron mill complex lined the Hudson River. Exhibits cover Henry Burden's horseshoe machinery, Troy's bell casting, cast iron stoves, precision surveying instruments, the USS Monitor's local connections, collar manufacturing, and the Troy-Bilt rototiller. Large artifacts include a ladle car outside and a Corliss steam engine inside.

  • #industrial history
  • #iron
  • #Troy
  • #Hudson River
  • #local history

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