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  • 1PITTSBURGH — PITTSBURGH, a leading industrial city in western Pennsylvania; in a metropolitan region of 2,500,000, the estimated Jewish population of Greater Pittsburgh (in 2002) was 54,000. Early History When the Quaker William Penn received the colonial… …

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  • 2railroad — /rayl rohd /, n. 1. a permanent road laid with rails, commonly in one or more pairs of continuous lines forming a track or tracks, on which locomotives and cars are run for the transportation of passengers, freight, and mail. 2. an entire system… …

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  • 3Pittsburgh — /pits berrg/, n. a port in SW Pennsylvania, at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers that forms the Ohio River: steel industry. 423,938. * * * City (pop., 2000: 334,563), southwestern Pennsylvania, U.S. It is situated at the… …

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  • 4Baltimore and Ohio Railroad — Infobox SG rail railroad name=Baltimore and Ohio Railroad logo filename=Baltimore and Ohio Herald.png logo size=100 system map size =260 map caption =1876 B O map old gauge= marks=BO locale=New York City, New York via Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,… …

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  • 5Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company — Furnace of the Tennessee Coal, Iron, and Railroad Company, Ensley, Alabama, 1906. Former type Public company Industry Steel milling Coal and Iron Min …

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  • 6Technological and industrial history of the United States — The technological and industrial history of the United States describes the United States emergence as one of the largest nations in the world as well as the most technologically powerful nation in the world. The availability of land and labor,… …

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  • 7Hazelwood (Pittsburgh) — Infobox Pittsburgh neighborhood name = Hazelwood caption = locator caption = locator population1990 = 6456 population2000 = 5334 latd = 40.409 longd = 79.941 area sqmi = 1.583Hazelwood is a neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the United… …

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  • 8Bellefonte Central Railroad — The Bellefonte Central Railroad (reporting mark BFC)[1] was a shortline connecting Bellefonte and State College, Pennsylvania. Constructed in the late 19th century to haul local iron ore to furnaces in the Bellefonte region, it later hauled… …

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  • 9United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company — Locale New Jersey and Pennsylvania Dates of operation 1832–1976 Successor Amtrak, Conrail …

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  • 10San Joaquin and Sierra Nevada Railroad — Infobox rail railroad name=San Joaquin and Sierra Nevada Railroad logo filename= logo size= marks= locale=Lodi, California area start year=1882 end year=1888 gauge=3 foot narrow gauge hq city=San Francisco, California|The San Joaquin and Sierra… …

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