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ETNA , 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., in the western See also:

PART

part of the See also:

state, on the W. See also:

BANK

bank of the Allegheny See also:

RIVER

river (about 5 m. from its junction with the See also:

MONONGAHELA

Monongahela), and about 2 M. N. of the See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of See also:

Pittsburg, of which it is a suburb. Pop. (188o) 2334; (1890) 3767; (1900) 5384 (1702 See also:

FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born); (1910) 5830. It is served by the Pennsylvania railway and by electric lines. Among its See also:

INDUSTRIAL

industrial establishments are .See also:

ROLLING

rolling See also:

mills, See also:

TUBE (Lat. tuba)

tube and See also:

PIPE

pipe See also:

WORKS

works, furnaces, See also:

STEEL, FLORA ANNIE (1847– )

steel mills, a See also:

brass foundry, and manufactories of See also:

electrical railway supplies, boxes, See also:

ASBESTOS

asbestos coverings, See also:

ENAMEL (formerly " amel," derived through the Fr. amail, emmll, esmail, from a Latin word smaltum, first found in a 9th-century life of Leo IV.)

enamel See also:

WORK

work and See also:

ICE (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Eis)

ice. The city's industrial See also:

HISTORY

history See also:

DATES

dates from 1820, when a small factory for the manufacture of scythes and See also:

SICKLES, DANIEL EDGAR (1825– )

sickles was set up. Natural See also:

GAS

gas, piped from See also:

Butler county, was See also:

early used here as a See also:

FUEL (O. Fr. feuaile, popular Lat. focalia, from focus, hearth, fire)

fuel in the See also:

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

iron mills. Etna, formerly called See also:

STEUART, SIR JAMES DENHAM, BART

Steuart's See also:

TOWN

Town, was incorporated as a borough in 1869.

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