TAMAQUA
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TAMAQUA , a borough See Also: - BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
of Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania , U.S.A., on the Tamaqua (Little Schuylkill) river, about 20 M. above its junction with the Schuylkill, about 17 M. E.N.E. of Pottsville, and about 98 m. N. of Philadelphia. Pop. (189o) 6054; (1900) 7267, (625 foreign-born); (191o) 9462. Tamaqua is served by the Central railroad of New Jersey , by the Philadelphia and Reading railway and by an electric line connecting with Mauch Chunk, Pottsville, and other places. Tamaqua is in a rich anthracite coal district , and coal-mining is its chief industry. Among manufactures are foundry and machine -shop products, powder, stoves, furniture, hosiery, &c. The borough See Also: - BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
owns the water-works. The first settlement here was made in 1799 and anthracite coal was discovered in 1817. In 1829 Tamaqua was laid out and received its present name, an Indian word meaning " running water. " It was incorporated as a borough in 1833. Between 1869 and 1875 the Molly Maguires were active here.
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