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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 See also:county, See also:Pennsylvania, U.S.A., on the See also:Monongahela See also:river, to m. S.E. of See also:Pittsburg. Pop. (189o) 8561; (1900) 15,654, of whom 5111 were See also:foreign See also:born; (1910 See also:census) 19,357. Braddock is served by the Pennsylvania, the See also:Baltimore & See also:Ohio, and the Pittsburg & See also:Lake See also:Erie See also:railways. Its See also:chief See also:industry is the manufacture of See also:steel
especially steel rails; among its other manufactures are See also:pig-See also:iron, See also:wire rods, wire nails, wire See also:bale ties, See also:lead See also:pipe, See also:brass and electric signs, See also:cement and See also: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 owns and operates the See also:water-See also:works. Braddock was named in See also:honour of the See also:English See also:general See also:Edward Braddock, who in 1755 met defeat and See also:death near the site of the See also:present borough at the hands of a force of See also:French and See also:Indians. The borough was first settled at the See also:close of the 18th See also:century, and was incorporated in 1867.
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