Old Steel Mill
Here, in 1750, Benjamin Yard made steel in an iron works founded by Isaac Harrow 1733-’34. The mill was on Petty’s Run which now flows underground. It was one of the earliest steel mills in America and a forerunner of the great industries of Trenton.
Marker is on West State Street 0.1 miles west of Barrack Street, on the right when traveling east.
Courtesy hmdb.org
