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Encyclopedia Britannica



BRADDOCK

This article appears in Volume V04, Page 369 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: BOS-BRI
BRADDOCK , a
borough
  of Allegheny county,
Pennsylvania
 , U.S.A., on the Monongahela river, to m. S.E. of Pittsburg. Pop. (189o) 8561; (1900) 15,654, of whom 5111 were foreign born; (1910
census
 ) 19,357. Braddock is served by the
Pennsylvania
 , the
Baltimore
  &
Ohio
 , and the Pittsburg & Lake
Erie
  railways. Its
chief
  industry is the manufacture of steel
especially steel rails; among its other manufactures are pig-iron, wire rods, wire nails, wire bale ties, lead pipe, brass and electric signs, cement and plaster. In 1905 the value of the
borough
 's factory products was $4,199,079. Braddock has a
Carnegie
  library. Kennywood Park, near by, is a popular resort. The municipality owns and operates the water-works. Braddock was named in honour of the
English
  general
Edward
  Braddock, who in 1755 met defeat and death near the site of the present borough at the hands of a force of French and Indians. The borough was first settled at the close of the 18th century, and was incorporated in 1867.


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