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NEW BRIGHTON

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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 464 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BRIGHTON  , a borough of Beaver county, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., on Beaver
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river, 2 m. from its confluence with the
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Ohio and 28 m . N.W. of Pittsburg . Pop . (189o) 5616, (Igoo) 682o (487
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foreign-born and 179 negroes); (1910) 8329 . It is served by the Pennsylvania railway, and is connected by
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bridge with Beaver Falls . The borough has a public
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art gallery, a public park and a general hospital .
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Coal and fireclay abound in the vicinity, the Beaver river furnishes good
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water power, and the borough has various manufactures . New
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Brighton was laid out as a
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town in 1815 and was incorporated as a borough in 1838 .

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