Historical Marker
Middlebury Cemetery
Historical marker location:
1245 Newton Street, Akron, Ohio
( Marker is at the intersection of Newton Street and Barder Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Newton Street.)
Marker installed: 2008
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.