Braddock, Pennsylvania

E18370
borough municipality

Braddock, Pennsylvania is a historic industrial town near Pittsburgh best known as the site of Andrew Carnegie’s first steel mill and a key early center of the American steel industry.

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Label Occurrences
Braddock, Pennsylvania canonical 11

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf borough ⓘ
municipality ⓘ
areaCode 412 ⓘ
878 ⓘ
borderedBy East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ⓘ
North Braddock, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Rankin, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Swissvale, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
county Allegheny County ⓘ
distanceFrom about 9 miles southeast of downtown Pittsburgh ⓘ
hasCulturalIdentity working-class steel town ⓘ
hasDemographicTrend population decline since mid-20th century ⓘ
hasEconomicHistory rise and decline with U.S. steel industry ⓘ
hasEconomicSector light industry ⓘ
services ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalIssue legacy industrial pollution ⓘ
hasFeature historic industrial architecture ⓘ
riverfront industrial sites ⓘ
hasGovernmentType borough council ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance American steel industry ⓘ
hasHistoricEvent site of Battle of the Monongahela vicinity ⓘ
hasHistoricRole early center of American steel production ⓘ
site of Andrew Carnegie’s first major steel operation ⓘ
hasIndustry manufacturing ⓘ
steel ⓘ
hasLandmark Braddock’s Battlefield History Center ⓘ
Carnegie Free Library of Braddock ⓘ
Edgar Thomson Steel Works ⓘ
hasLeaderTitle mayor ⓘ
hasNotablePerson John Fetterman ⓘ
hasRedevelopmentEffort post-industrial revitalization projects ⓘ
hasTransportation railroad lines serving steel works ⓘ
incorporatedAs borough ⓘ
knownFor Andrew Carnegie’s first steel mill ⓘ
Edgar Thomson Steel Works ⓘ
locatedIn Monongahela River ⓘ
surface form: Monongahela River Valley
locatedNear Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ⓘ
locatedOn Monongahela River ⓘ
namedAfter Edward Braddock ⓘ
partOf Pittsburgh region ⓘ
surface form: Pittsburgh metropolitan area

Rust Belt ⓘ
region Pittsburgh region ⓘ
surface form: Western Pennsylvania
state Pennsylvania ⓘ
timeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
ZIPCode 15104 ⓘ

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Carnegie Steel Company → operatedIn → Braddock, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Carnegie Free Library of Braddock → locatedIn → Braddock, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Braddock’s Battlefield History Center → locatedIn → Braddock, Pennsylvania ⓘ
John Fetterman → placeOfPoliticalActivity → Braddock, Pennsylvania ⓘ
John Fetterman → hasResidence → Braddock, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Edgar Thomson Steel Works → locatedIn → Braddock, Pennsylvania ⓘ
North Braddock, Pennsylvania → adjacentTo → Braddock, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Rankin, Pennsylvania → neighboringMunicipality → Braddock, Pennsylvania ⓘ
East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania → adjacentTo → Braddock, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Pittsburgh Railways → cityServed → Braddock, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Martin → settingLocation → Braddock, Pennsylvania ⓘ