Address Restricted, Troy, New York. County/parish: Rensselaer.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places November 10, 1977. NRIS 77000977.
2 contributing buildings. 11 contributing sites. 1 contributing structure.Also known as:
The Burden Iron Works was an iron works and industrial complex on the Hudson River and Wynantskill Creek in Troy, New York. It once housed the Burden Water Wheel, the most powerful vertical water wheel in history. It is widely believed that George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., inventor of the Ferris wheel, had occasion to observe the wheel while a student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The iron works site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as an archaeological site in 1977. The Burden Ironworks Office Building was previously listed in 1972.
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