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instanceOf
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borough
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municipality
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areaCode
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412
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878
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borderedBy
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East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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North Braddock, Pennsylvania
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Rankin, Pennsylvania
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Swissvale, Pennsylvania
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Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania
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country
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United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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county
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Allegheny County
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distanceFrom
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about 9 miles southeast of downtown Pittsburgh
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hasCulturalIdentity
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working-class steel town
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hasDemographicTrend
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population decline since mid-20th century
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hasEconomicHistory
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rise and decline with U.S. steel industry
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hasEconomicSector
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light industry
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services
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hasEnvironmentalIssue
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legacy industrial pollution
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hasFeature
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historic industrial architecture
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riverfront industrial sites
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hasGovernmentType
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borough council
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hasHistoricalSignificance
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American steel industry
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hasHistoricEvent
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site of Battle of the Monongahela vicinity
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hasHistoricRole
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early center of American steel production
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site of Andrew Carnegie’s first major steel operation
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hasIndustry
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manufacturing
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steel
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hasLandmark
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Braddock’s Battlefield History Center
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Carnegie Free Library of Braddock
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Edgar Thomson Steel Works
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hasLeaderTitle
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mayor
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hasNotablePerson
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John Fetterman
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hasRedevelopmentEffort
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post-industrial revitalization projects
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hasTransportation
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railroad lines serving steel works
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incorporatedAs
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borough
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knownFor
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Andrew Carnegie’s first steel mill
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Edgar Thomson Steel Works
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locatedIn
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Monongahela River
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surface form:
Monongahela River Valley
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locatedNear
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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locatedOn
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Monongahela River
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namedAfter
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Edward Braddock
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partOf
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Pittsburgh region
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surface form:
Pittsburgh metropolitan area
Rust Belt
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region
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Pittsburgh region
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surface form:
Western Pennsylvania
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state
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Pennsylvania
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timeZone
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Eastern Time Zone
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ZIPCode
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15104
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