TARENTUM  , a 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)

borough of See also:

• ALLEGHENY

Allegheny See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, See also:

• PENNSYLVANIA
• PENNSYLVANIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Pennsylvania, U.S.A., on the Allegheny See also:

• RIVER

river, about 20 M . N.E. of See also:

• PITTSBURG
• PITTSBURG, or PITTSBURGH

Pittsburg . Pop . (1890) 4627; (1900) 5472 (1173 being See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born); (1910) 7414 . Tarentum is served by the Pennsylvania railway and by an electric See also:

• LINE

line connecting with Pittsburg . Among manufactures- are See also:

• PLATE

plate See also:

• GLASS
• GLASS (O.E. glees, cf. Ger. Glas, perhaps derived from an old Teutonic root gla-, a variant of glo-, having the general sense of shining, cf. " glare," " glow ")
• GLASS, STAINED

glass and bottles, table See also:

• WARE

ware, See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper, bricks, See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron and See also:

• STEEL, FLORA ANNIE (1847– )

steel articles, and steel sheets and billets . See also:

• COAL

Coal See also:

• MINING

mining is an important See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry, and the borough is supplied with natural See also:

• GAS

gas . Tarentum was first settled in 1796, was laid out in 1829 at the direction of See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry See also:

• MARIE

Marie Brackenridge (1786-1871),2 who by See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage had come into See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of the site, and it was incorporated as a borough in 1842 . The first glass manufactory was established in 1872 .