Braddock, Pennsylvania

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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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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