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ETNA
, a See also:borough of See also:Allegheny See also:county, See also:Pennsylvania, U.S.A., in the western See also:part of the See also:state, on the W. See also:bank of the Allegheny See also:river (about 5 m. from its junction with the See also:Monongahela), and about 2 M
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N. of the See also:city of See also:Pittsburg, of which it is a suburb
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Pop
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(188o) 2334; (1890) 3767; (1900) 5384 (1702 See also:foreign-See also:born); (1910) 5830
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It is served by the Pennsylvania railway and by electric lines
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Among its See also:industrial establishments are .See also:rolling See also:mills, See also:tube and See also:pipe See also:works, furnaces, See also:steel mills, a See also:brass foundry, and manufactories of See also:electrical railway supplies, boxes, See also:asbestos coverings, See also:enamel See also:work and See also:ice
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The city's industrial See also:history See also:dates from 1820, when a small factory for the manufacture of scythes and See also:sickles was set up
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Natural See also:gas, piped from See also: |
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