Hastings Foundry-Star Iron Works
The Hastings Foundry-Star Iron Works from the south
Hastings Foundry-Star Iron Works is located in Minnesota
Hastings Foundry-Star Iron Works
Hastings Foundry-Star Iron Works is located in the United States
Hastings Foundry-Star Iron Works
LocationHastings, Minnesota
Coordinates44°44′44″N 92°50′39″W / 44.74556°N 92.84417°W / 44.74556; -92.84417
Built1859
ArchitectA.R. Morrell
NRHP reference No.79001229[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 31, 1979

The Hastings Foundry-Star Iron Works is a historic foundry building in Hastings, Minnesota, United States. Located at 707 First Street East, it was built by A. R. Morrell, an ironsmith from Vermont, in 1859. The building is historically significant as the location where the first steam engine in Minnesota was built (1860). In 1861 the engine for the Stella Whipple was manufactured there as well. Iron for bridges and engines for railroad elevators, automobiles, and river boats were manufactured in this earliest surviving industrial site in the state.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ↑ "Historic Sites:Hastings". Dakota County Historical Society. 2005. Archived from the original on 2004-05-11. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
  3. ↑ Nord, Mary Ann (2003). The National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota. Minnesota Historical Society. ISBN 0-87351-448-3.
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