Hastings Foundry-Star Iron Works

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Hastings Foundry-Star Iron Works
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Location:	Hastings, Minnesota
Coordinates:	44°44′45″N 92°50′38″W / 44.74583, -92.84389Coordinates: 44°44′45″N 92°50′38″W / 44.74583, -92.84389
Built/Founded:	1859
Architect:	Morrell,A.R.
Architectural style(s):	No Style Listed
Added to NRHP:	December 31, 1979
NRHP Reference#:	79001229^[1]
Governing body:	Private

The Hastings Foundry-Star Iron Works located at 707 First Street East, Hastings in the U.S. state of Minnesota 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 here 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]

[edit] References

^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
^ Historic Sites:Hastings. Dakota County Historical Society (2005). Retrieved on 2008-02-25.
^ Nord, Mary Ann (2003). The National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota. Minnesota Historical Society. ISBN 0-87351-448-3.

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