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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 418 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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TARENTUM  , a

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borough of
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Allegheny
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county,
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Pennsylvania, U.S.A., on the Allegheny
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river, about 20 M . N.E. of
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Pittsburg . Pop . (1890) 4627; (1900) 5472 (1173 being
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foreign-
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born); (1910) 7414 . Tarentum is served by the Pennsylvania railway and by an electric
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line connecting with Pittsburg . Among manufactures- are
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plate
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glass and bottles, table
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ware,
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paper, bricks,
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iron and
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steel articles, and steel sheets and billets .
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Coal
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mining is an important
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industry, and the borough is supplied with natural
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gas . Tarentum was first settled in 1796, was laid out in 1829 at the direction of
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Henry
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Marie Brackenridge (1786-1871),2 who by
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marriage had come into
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possession of the site, and it was incorporated as a borough in 1842 . The first glass manufactory was established in 1872 .

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