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NEW BRIGHTON

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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 464 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BRIGHTON , a See also:borough of See also:Beaver See also:county, See also:Pennsylvania, U.S.A., on Beaver See also:river, 2 m. from its confluence with the See also:Ohio and 28 m. N.W. of See also:Pittsburg. Pop. (189o) 5616, (Igoo) 682o (487 See also:foreign-See also:born and 179 negroes); (1910) 8329. It is served by the Pennsylvania railway, and is connected by See also:bridge with Beaver Falls. The borough has a public See also:art See also:gallery, a public See also:park and a See also:general See also:hospital. See also:Coal and fireclay abound in the vicinity, the Beaver river furnishes See also:good See also:water See also:power, and the borough has various manufactures. New Brighton was laid out as a See also:town in 1815 and was incorporated as a borough in 1838.

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