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BRADDOCK , 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, U.S.A., on the See also:

MONONGAHELA

Monongahela See also:

RIVER

river, to m. S.E. of See also:

Pittsburg. Pop. (189o) 8561; (1900) 15,654, of whom 5111 were See also:

FOREIGN

foreign See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born; (1910 See also:

CENSUS (from Lat. censere, to estimate or assess; connected by some with centum, i.e. a count by hundreds)

census) 19,357. Braddock is served by the Pennsylvania, the See also:

Baltimore & See also:

OHIO

Ohio, and the Pittsburg & See also:

Lake See also:

ERIE

Erie See also:

RAILWAYS

railways. Its See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief 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 is the manufacture of See also:

STEEL, FLORA ANNIE (1847– )

steel especially steel rails; among its other manufactures are See also:

pig-See also:

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

iron, See also:

WIRE (A.S. wir, a wire; cf. Swed. vire, to twist, M.H.G. wiere, a gold ornament, Lat. viriae, armlets, ultimately from the root wi, to twist, bind)

wire rods, wire nails, wire See also:

bale ties, See also:

lead See also:

PIPE

pipe, See also:

brass and electric signs, See also:

CEMENT (from Lat. caementum, rough pieces of stone, a shortened form of caedimentum, from caedere, to cut)

cement and See also:

PLASTER

plaster. In 1905 the value of the borough's factory products was $4,199,079. Braddock has a See also:

Carnegie library. Kennywood See also:

Park, near by, is a popular resort. The See also:

MUNICIPALITY

municipality owns and operates the See also:

WATER

water-See also:

WORKS

works. Braddock was named in See also:

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of the See also:

ENGLISH

English See also:

general See also:

EDWARD

Edward Braddock, who in 1755 met defeat and See also:

DEATH

death near the site of the See also:

PRESENT

present borough at the hands of a force of See also:

French and See also:

INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians. The borough was first settled at the See also:

close of the 18th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, and was incorporated in 1867.

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