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COATESVILLE

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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 603 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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COATESVILLE  , a

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borough of
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Chester
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county,
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Pennsylvania, U.S.A., on the
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west
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branch of
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Brandywine
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Creek, 39 M . W. of '
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Philadelphia . Pop . (1890) 368o; (1900) 5721 (273
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foreign-
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born); (1910) 11,084 . It is served by the Pennsylvania and the Philadelphia &
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Reading
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railways, and interurban electric lines . For its
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size the borough ranks high as a manufacturing centre,
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iron and
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steel
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works,
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boiler works,
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brass works, and
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paper,
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silk and woollen
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mills being among its leading establishments . Its
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water-works are owned and operated by the
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municipality . Named in
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honour of
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Jesse Coates, one of its
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early settlers, it was settled about 1800, and was incorporated in 1867 .

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