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In 1969, the ASM Historical Landmarks Designation was established to identify permanently the many sites and events that have played a prominent part in the discovery, development and growth of metals and metalworking. In 1987, the scope of this award broadened to include all engineered materials.

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2007
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- The H.L. Hunley Submarine, North Charleston, South Carolina
"In the context of naval warfare, H.L. Hunley changed the world. Its builders’ innovative use of materials, design and manufacturing techniques resulted in the world’s first successful attack submarine."
- ATI- ALLVAC, Monroe, North Carolina
"For pioneering achievement in Vacuum Induction Melting of nickel-based superalloys in this facility September 19, 1957."
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2006
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The Liberty Bell
Philadelphia, PA
- The Phoenix Iron & Steel Company
Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
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2005
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- Ladish Co., Inc., Cudahy Forge Division
Cudahy, Wisconsin
- Burden Iron Works
Troy, New York
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2004
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- The Caterpillar Tractor at Haggin Museum
Stockton, California
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2003
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- Populonia - Isola D'Elba
Tuscany, Italy
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2002
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- Outokumpu Flash Smelter
Helsinki-Espoo, Finland
- AltaSteel Ltd.
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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2001
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- The Ohio Crankshaft Company
Cleveland, Ohio
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2000
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- Hendrichs Forge
Solingen, Germany
- Covington-Cincinnati Suspension Bridge
Covington, Kentucky and Cincinnati, Ohio
- Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory
West Mifflin, Pennsylvania
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1999
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- Polymeric Materials Laboratory
Milan, Italy
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1998
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- LD-Vessel Number 1
Technical Museum of Vienna
Vienna, Austria
- Speedway Laboratories
Praxair Surface Technologies, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana
- Heroult Electric Arc Furnace for Smelting Iron
Town of Heroult
Shasta County, California
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1997
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- Latrobe Plant
Allvac-An Allegheny Teledyne Company
Latrobe, Pennsylvania
- William Tod Steam Engine
Former Youngstown Sheet & Tube Breir Hill Works
Youngstown, Ohio
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1996
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- 48" Grey Mill
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
- Forge of Fontenay
Bourgogne, France
- Freedom Forge
Standard Steel
Burnham, Pennsylvania
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1995
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- "Little Giant" Universal Testing Machine
Tinius Olsen Testing Machine Co., Inc.
Willow Grove, Pennsylvania
- Metals Technology Laboratories
CANMET
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Greenwood Furnace
Greenwood Furnace State Park
Greenwood Furnace, Pennsylvania
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1994
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- Wayne State University
Metallurgical Engineering Laboratory
Detroit, Michigan
- Tannehill Ironworks
Birmingham, Alabama
- Jeffery/Champion Spark Plug Mine
Mono County, California
- Edgar Thomson Plant
Braddock, Pennsylvania
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1993
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- Mound Laboratory
EG&G Applied Mound Technologies
Miamisburg, Ohio
- Materials Science & Technology Division
Naval Research Laboratory
Washington, D.C.
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1992
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- Watervliet Plant
AL Tech Specialty Steel Corp.
Colonie, New York
- Electric Arc Furnace
The Museum of Science & Technology
Milano, Italy
- Bethforge Division
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
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1991
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- Research Center
Armco Inc.
Middletown, Ohio
- AT&T Bell Laboratories
Murray Hill, New Jersey
- Research Laboratories
Corning Glass Works
Corning, New York
- Watervliet Arsenal
U.S. Army
Watervliet, New York
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1990
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- Mannesmann Piercing & Pilger Mills
Mannesmannröhren-Werke AG
Düsseldorf-Rath, Germany
- Electric Arc Furnace
Deutsches Werkzeugmuseum
Remsheid, Germany
- Aluminum Research Laboratories
Aluminum Company of America
Alcoa Center, Pennsylvania
- Clydach Refinery
Inco
West Glamorgan, South Wales
- Air Force Materials Laboratory
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton, Ohio
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1989
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- AC Spark Plug Division
General Motors Corporation
Flint, Michigan
- Research & Development Center
Carpenter Technology Corporation
Reading, Pennsylvania
- DSV Alvin
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole, Massachusetts
- The Eiffel Tower
Paris, France
- Mill for the Production of Nickel-Base Alloys
Inco Alloy International
Huntington, West Virginia
- Oliver Chilled Plow Works
South Bend, Indiana
- Ytterby Mine
Resaro Island
Stockholm Archipelago, Sweden
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1988
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- Brownsville, Route 40 Bridge
Brownsville, Pennsylvania
- Building 228, Experimental Station
E.I. duPont de Nemours & Co.
Wilmington, Delaware
- Electric Arc Furnace
Daido Steel Company Ltd.
Nagoya, Japan
- Ipanema Iron and Steel Works
Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Kure Beach Marine Atmospheric Test Facility
LaQue Center for Corrosion Technology
Kure Beach, North Carolina
- Massena Plant
Aluminum Company of America
Massena, New York
- Metallurgy Division
National Bureau of Standards
Gaithersburg, Maryland
- Metalworking Furnaces
Mission San Juan Capistrano
San Juan Capistrano, California
- Michigan Copper Country
Coppertown Museum
Calumet, Michigan
- Building "2-0-2" Northrop Aircraft
El Segundo, California
- Radwerk IV Blast Furnace
Vordernberg, Austria
- Paul Revere's Copper Rolling Mill
Plymouth Rubber Co., Inc.
Canton, Massachusetts
- Sudbury District Ore Body
Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
- Research Institute for Iron and Steel
Tohoku University
Sendai, Japan
- Zinc Distillation Furnace
Sawarmine, India
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1987
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- Maramec Iron Works
St. James, Missouri
- Argonaut Building
General Motors
Research Laboratories
Detroit, Michigan
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1986
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- Forest Hills Research Laboratories Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Forest Hills, Pennsylvania
- La Farga de Ripoll
Ripoll, Spain
- Magnesium Production, Dow Chemical Company
Midland, Michigan
- Metals Research Laboratories, Elkem Metals Company Technology Center
Niagara Falls, New York
- Statue of Liberty
New York Harbor, New York
- Sloss Furnaces
Birmingham, Alabama
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1985
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- Blaenavon Iron Works
Blaenavon, Wales
- Col. Frishmuth's Foundry
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Elwood Haynes Museum
Kokomo, Indiana
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1984
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- The Iron Bridge
Telford, Shropshire, England
- Hashino Blast Furnace Relics
Kamaishi City, Iwate, Japan
- Albany Research Center, United States Bureau of Mines
Albany, Oregon
- World's First Hot and Cold-wall Hot-Isostatic-Processing (HIP) Vessels
Battelle Columbus Laboratories, Columbus, Ohio
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1983
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- Army Materials and Mechanics Research Center
Watertown, Massachusetts
- The Cast Aluminum Cap on the Washington Monument
Washington, D.C.
- Reed Gold Mine
Cararrus County, North Carolina
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1982
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- Acheson Graphite Company
Niagara Falls, New York
- New Almaden Quicksilver Mine
New Almaden, California
- Palacio de Mineria
Mexico City, Mexico
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1981
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- Lukens Steel Corporation
Coatesville, Pennsylvania
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1980
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- John Winthrop Jr. Blast Furnace
West Quincy, Massachusetts
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1979
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- America's First Bessemer Steel Mill
Wyandotte, Michigan
- Eads Bridge
St. Louis, Missouri and East St. Louis, Illinois
- iscovery of First Economical Process for Electrolytic Extraction of Aluminum
Oberlin, Ohio
- Pittsburgh Works of the Pittsburgh Reduction Company
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Free Institute of Industrial Science
Worcester, Massachusetts
- Saugus Iron Works
Saugus, Massachusetts
- Experimental Breeder Reactor I
Idaho Falls, Idaho
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1978
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- Blast Furnace #1
Fundidora Monterrey, S.A.
Monterrey, Mexico
- Cradle of Alloy Steel
Republic Steel Corporation
Canton, Ohio
- First Basic Oxygen Furnaces in the Western Hemisphere
Dofasco Melt Shop
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- First HYLSA Sponge Iron Plant
HYLSA, S.A.
Monterrey, Mexico
- General Electric Company River Works
Lynn, Massachusetts
- Grumman Aerospace Corporation
Bethpage, New York
- #1 Vacuum Induction Melting Furnace
Special Metals Corporation
New Hartford, New York
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1977
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- Atlas Steel Concast Machine
Atlas Steels Company
Welland, Ontario, Canada
- Les Vieilles Forges St. Maurice
Quebec Historical Monuments Commission
Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada
- Waterbury Brass Company Mill
City of Waterbury, Connecticut
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1976
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- Location of the First Steel Converter (Kelley Steel Converter)
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Johnstown, Pennsylvania
- Cornwall Iron Mine and Furnace
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Cornwall, Pennsylvania
- Western Electric-Allentown Works
American Telephone & Telegraph
Western Electric Division
Allentown, Pennsylvania
- All-Welded Test Boiler Drum
Combustion Engineering, Inc.
Metallurgical Laboratory
Chattanooga, Tennessee
- Tredegar Iron Works
Ethyl Corporation
Richmond, Virginia
- Climax Mine and Mill Complex
Climax Molybendum Company
Division of AMAX, Inc.
Climax, Colorado
- Tremont Nail Company
Tremont Nail Company
Wareham, Massachusetts
- Old New-Gate Prison and Copper Mine
State of Connecticut HistoricalCommission
East Granby, Connecticut
- Iron Ranges of Minnesota
Iron Range Interpretive Center
Chrisholm, Minnesota
- Ford Tri-Motor Airplane
Island Airplanes
Port Clinton, Ohio
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1975
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- First Continuous Sheet Rolling Mill
Armco Steel Corporation
Ashland, Kentucky
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1973
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- Graphite Reactor
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
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1972
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- Electric Furnace
Crucible Specialty Metals Division
Colt Industries
Syracuse, New York
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