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Ironton, Utah is between Springville and Provo and is the old location of the Columbia Steel Corporation’s pig iron plant. Many foundations and remains can be seen, lower in this post are photos of us exploring the remains.
The coal mine operated by the company was near Sunnyside, limestone is derived from local sources near Provo. Geneva Steel Company eventually took over the plant and mine.(*).
Update May 2016: It’s mostly being taken down for new development, see photos here.
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Just curious about where you got the historic photos from — any dates on them? Higher resolution versions available?
I just found them randomly online, I didn’t keep track of where – sorry. Just google image searching.
Is this place also called the Columbia Steel Plant? If so, then back in the mid to late 1800’s this was my great-great grandfather’s farm. He owned 80 acres and it was called the Friel Farm.
I believe that is the same. That’s really cool, thanks!
Michelle Friel: I work in one of the new buildings that’s now on the site and would be interested in more info on the original farm — do you have any photos or other records?
In your research have you stumbled onto any information about the Utah County Infirmary that used to be on the east side of Hwy 89 in Ironton? My grandfather used to walk from their home in Provo every Sunday to visit his grandfather who was an inmate there. He would point it out and repeat the story every time we went to Springville. I have only found one reference to it being, built but nothing else. I have been wondering what happened to it and why one might have been an inmate there in 1900.
I haven’t, but that’s very interesting. I’ll start looking.
I’ll put anything I find here, and also quoted you. Thank you.
https://jacobbarlow.com/2020/09/11/utah-county-infirmary/