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STEELTON

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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 867 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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STEELTON , a See also:

borough of Dauphin See also:county, See also:Pennsylvania, U.S.A., on the Susquehanna See also:river, 3 M. S.E. of See also:Harrisburg. Pop. (1890), 9250; (1900), 12,086, of whom 2300 were See also:foreign See also:born and 1508 were negroes; (1910 See also:census), 14,246. Steelton is served by the Pennsylvania and the See also:Philadelphia & See also:Reading See also:railways, and is connected with Hartisburg by electric See also:line. The See also:city has a public library. Steelton is in an agricultural. See also:district, but its See also:industrial importance is due primarily to the vast See also:steel See also:works of the Pennsylvania Steel See also:Company. Other manufactures are See also:flour and grist See also:mill products, bricks, planing-mill products, &c. In 1905 the See also:total value of the borough's factory products was $15,745,628; the See also:capital invested in manufacturing increased from $6,266,068 in 290o to $18,642',853. in 1905, or 197.5%. There is a large See also:limestone See also:quarry within the borough limits. The See also:municipality owns its waterworks and filtration plant. The See also:place was laid out in 1866 under the name of See also:Baldwin, but when it was incorporated as a borough, in 188o, the See also:present name was adopted.

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