Allegheny, Pennsylvania

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former city historic place

Allegheny, Pennsylvania is a historic former city (now part of Pittsburgh) known for its 19th-century industrial growth and as an early center of the Bible Student movement associated with the Watch Tower Society.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States 2
Allegheny City 1
Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, United States 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former city ⓘ
historic place ⓘ
adjacentTo Allegheny River ⓘ
Ohio River ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Allegheny, Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: Allegheny City

North Side (Pittsburgh) ⓘ
annexationApprovedBy Pennsylvania General Assembly ⓘ
surface form: Pennsylvania legislature
annexationControversy local opposition to merger with Pittsburgh ⓘ
associatedWith Charles Taze Russell ⓘ
Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: Zion’s Watch Tower Tract Society
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
currentStatus neighborhood area within Pittsburgh ⓘ
economicRole industrial and residential satellite of Pittsburgh ⓘ
foundedAs town ⓘ
foundedDate 1788 ⓘ
governedBy mayor–council government (before annexation) ⓘ
hasNeighborhoodsNow Allegheny Center ⓘ
Central Northside ⓘ
Manchester ⓘ
North Shore ⓘ
hasNotableSite Allegheny City Hall (historic) ⓘ
Allegheny Commons Park ⓘ
Allegheny Observatory ⓘ
Carnegie Free Library of Allegheny ⓘ
Riverview Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
headquartersOf early Watch Tower Society activities ⓘ
historicalCountySeatOf Allegheny County (for a period) ⓘ
historicalEra 19th century ⓘ
incorporatedAsBorough 1828 ⓘ
incorporatedAsCity 1840 ⓘ
knownFor 19th-century industrial growth ⓘ
iron and steel industries ⓘ
manufacturing ⓘ
river commerce ⓘ
language English ⓘ
locatedIn Allegheny County ⓘ
surface form: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
locatedOn north bank of the Allegheny River ⓘ
locatedOpposite Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ⓘ
mergedInto Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ⓘ
mergerDate 1907 ⓘ
namedAfter Allegheny River ⓘ
partOf North Side (Pittsburgh) ⓘ
surface form: Pittsburgh North Side
partOfMetropolitanArea Pittsburgh region ⓘ
surface form: Pittsburgh metropolitan area
populationBeforeAnnexation about 150000 ⓘ
religiousSignificance early center of the Bible Student movement ⓘ
early center of the Watch Tower Society ⓘ
transportHistory served by streetcar lines in 19th and early 20th centuries ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Allegheny, Pennsylvania → alsoKnownAs → Allegheny, Pennsylvania ⓘ
this entity surface form: Allegheny City
Charles Taze Russell → placeOfBirth → Allegheny, Pennsylvania ⓘ
this entity surface form: Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
Pastor Russell → placeOfBirth → Allegheny, Pennsylvania ⓘ
subject surface form: Charles Taze Russell
this entity surface form: Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
Gertrude Stein → placeOfBirth → Allegheny, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Mary Cassatt → placeOfBirth → Allegheny, Pennsylvania ⓘ
this entity surface form: Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, United States