Pittsburgh Plate Glass Ford City Works
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Ford City Works is a historic site in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 239 m. Highest Point - Armstrong County stands 530 m to the northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is PPG Workers Entrance, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Inscription
- Among the largest and most productive plate glass factories in the world; opened 1887. At its peak, the plant employed more than 3,500 ethnically diverse workers, who passed through a specially-built tunnel under busy train tracks. Operations ended 1991.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Ford City Memorial Park: 0.1 mi
- Kittanning Riverfront Park: 3.1 mi
- Community Park: 4.0 mi
- Crooked Creek Lake Recreation Area: 4.2 mi
- Leechburg/Gilpin Community Park: 9.5 mi
- PPG Workers Entrance: 0.0 mi
- Fort Armstrong: 1.1 mi
- Kittanning: 2.8 mi
- Kittanning or Attiqué Indian Town: 3.0 mi
- Firemen Memorial: 3.1 mi
- Giant Cowboy: 3.2 mi
- American Flag: 7.5 mi
- Haybale sculpture: 12.3 mi
- Sunken Tractor: 12.3 mi
- Ghost: 22.2 mi
- Ford Hill: 0.5 mi
- Miller Hill: 4.3 mi
- Blanket Hill: 6.0 mi
- Dime Hill: 8.2 mi
- George Hill: 8.9 mi
- Armstrong County Historical Museum & Genealogical Society, Inc: 3.4 mi
- Leechburg Area Museum and Historical Society: 10.6 mi
- Vandergrift Museum-Historical Society: 11.6 mi
- Cooper Hall (Saxonburg Museum): 14.5 mi
- Saxonburg Museum: 14.5 mi
- Todd Nature Reserve: 9.2 mi
- State Game Lands Number 304: 11.9 mi
- State Game Lands Number 164: 14.9 mi
- Tomer Reserve: 21.7 mi
- State Game Lands Number 320: 23.2 mi
- Tour-Ed Mine: 15.9 mi
- Community park: 16.4 mi
- IUP Arch: 22.5 mi
- Prairie: 22.5 mi
- Evergreen Arboretum: 22.6 mi
- Hartwood Circle Garden: 24.7 mi
- Bradys Spring: 14.9 mi
- Granny Coon Spring: 23.6 mi
- Picnic Pavillion: 23.6 mi
- Upper Orchard: 24.6 mi
- Tunnelville Beach: 4.2 mi
- Livermore: 23.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pittsburgh Plate Glass Ford City Works. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highest Point - Armstrong County | NE 47° | 530 m | 22.7 mi |
| Coleman Hill | ESE 117° | 502 m | 20.6 mi |
| Warner Hill | SE 124° | 490 m | 20.0 mi |
| Watts Hill | SE 131° | 481 m | 17.8 mi |
| Blanket Hill | E 93° | 479 m | 6.0 mi |
| Reynolds Hill | N 355° | 473 m | 15.9 mi |
| Russell Hill | ESE 114° | 472 m | 13.9 mi |
| Kunkle Hill | ESE 104° | 455 m | 17.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:54 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 20:12 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:41 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 16:11 | 16:54 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 28 | 37 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ford City 4 S DAM, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/13859533502
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