Mount Union borough
Storage Silos
Industrial storage at the Harbison-Walker complex. These silos held finished brick waiting for the railroad cars that would carry them to the furnaces of Pittsburgh and beyond. Mount Union's silica brick was a commodity traded by the ton.
Sources
- catalog l11 facts
- Photograph credit: Library of Congress HAER
Checked 2026-08-17 · Historic Mount Union collection
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