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Amtrak has detoured passenger service through Natrona on occasion; its nearest station is Penn Station in Downtown Pittsburgh. The West Penn Railways provided electric street car service to Natrona from 1906 until 1937. Local factories, beginning with the Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company's Natrona Works, also operated trains through Natrona.
Pennsalt Historic District (also known as Pennsalt Company Houses) is a historic district in Natrona, Pennsylvania. [2]According to the Library of Congress, the Pennsalt Historic District, is "an early and architecturally intact collection of housing built by the Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company," and "is a significant example of a western Pennsylvania company town of the mid to late ...
In addition to the salt business, Samuel helped found Kier, Royer and Co., in 1838. The company was a canal boat operation that shipped coal between Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. Kier also owned interest in several coal mines, a brickyard, and a pottery factory. [3] [4] [5]
The high school was transformed into an elementary school and later sold for storage. DeForno's general store was removed to create a parking for a local business. Beatty’s general store is now apartments. The hospital is now a home. The brick factory was removed and all that remains is a large cement pad near the railroad tracks.
In 1884, German-American Henry J. Heinz purchased several lots on the north bank of the Allegheny River in Pittsburgh. [6] From 1888 through 1906, approximately twenty buildings were built or purchased, mostly of wood and beam construction. [7] From 1906 through 1930, new buildings in the complex were made of steel and concrete instead of wood.
Aquion Energy was a Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C.–based company that manufactured sodium ion batteries (salt water batteries) and electricity storage systems.
Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the company has manufacturing facilities in Ogden, Utah; La Vergne, Tennessee; Nuevo Laredo, Mexico; and Soissons, France. Chromalox also provides engineering and sales expertise, as well as warehousing throughout North America, Europe and Asia. Sales and service are provided through sales representatives and ...
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 10, 2005, [1] and to the List of Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation Historic Landmarks in 2007. [2] Since 2007 the building has been maintained as loft apartments, known as "The Cork Factory " ("Cork Factory Lofts", and "The Cork Factory - Loft apartments on the river"). [3]