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TARENTUM , 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 Allegheny See also:river, about 20 M. N.E. of See also:Pittsburg. Pop. (1890) 4627; (1900) 5472 (1173 being See also:foreign-See also:born); (1910) 7414. Tarentum is served by the Pennsylvania railway and by an electric See also:line connecting with Pittsburg. Among manufactures- are See also:plate See also:glass and bottles, table See also:ware, See also:paper, bricks, See also:iron and See also:steel articles, and steel sheets and billets. See also:Coal See also:mining is an important See also:industry, and the borough is supplied with natural See also:gas. Tarentum was first settled in 1796, was laid out in 1829 at the direction of See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry See also:Marie Brackenridge (1786-1871),2 who by See also:marriage had come into See also:possession of the site, and it was incorporated as a borough in 1842. The first glass manufactory was established in 1872.
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