Ironville
Birthplace of the Electrical Age
Allen Penfield, Timothy Taft, and Allen Harwood pioneered the first industrial use of electricity in their iron works below the pond south of the marker. Thomas Davenport, the blacksmith of Brandon, Vermont, in 1833 bought the electro-magnet used in his forge, which led to his invention of the electric motor.
This marker presented by descendants of Penfield and Harwood, Ruth Harwood Shattuck and Ann Harwood Orbison.
Marker is at the intersection of Penfield (Whitehead) Road and Creek Road (County Highway 2), on the right when traveling north on Penfield (Whitehead) Road.
Courtesy hmdb.org
