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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 418 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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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

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., on the Allegheny See also:

RIVER

river, about 20 M. N.E. of See also:

Pittsburg. Pop. (1890) 4627; (1900) 5472 (1173 being See also:

FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born); (1910) 7414. Tarentum is served by the Pennsylvania railway and by an electric See also:

LINE

line connecting with Pittsburg. Among manufactures- are See also:

PLATE

plate See also:

glass and bottles, table See also:

WARE

ware, See also:

paper, bricks, See also:

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

iron and See also:

STEEL, FLORA ANNIE (1847– )

steel articles, and steel sheets and billets. See also:

COAL

Coal See also:

MINING

mining is an important See also:

INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry, and the borough is supplied with natural See also:

GAS

gas. Tarentum was first settled in 1796, was laid out in 1829 at the direction of See also:

Henry See also:

MARIE

Marie Brackenridge (1786-1871),2 who by See also:

MARRIAGE

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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