Historical Marker
Veteran Memorial Display
Historical marker location:
801 Front St, Rockford, Ohio
( Memorial is at the intersection of Front Street and North Oak Street, on the right when traveling west on Front Street.)
Marker installed: 2001
Ohio played a key role in the development of the modern steel industry. Andrew Carnegie, one of the most famous industrialists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, started his career in the steel industry in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but his first major investment was in a steel mill in Braddock, Ohio.