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Additionally, the Pittsburgh Pirates city connect jerseys festure PGH written across the chest. A recent playful take on the final -h of Pittsburgh appears in the name of the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority's brand of bottled water: PGH 2 O, which is a portmanteau of the abbreviation PGH and the chemical name for water, H 2 O. [29] "Da ...
A combination of the surname of a German pioneer named Gottfried Franken, who donated a tract of land containing a hill to the town, and the German word "Stein" which means "stone." [53] Frankfort: Indiana: Named by its founders, the three Pence brothers, after Frankfurt in order to honor their German great-grandparents' place of origin. [54 ...
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Pittsburgh (/ ˈ p ɪ t s b ɜːr ɡ / PITS-burg) is a city in and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States.It is the second-most populous city in Pennsylvania (after Philadelphia) and the 68th-most populous city in the U.S., with a population of 302,971 as of the 2020 census.
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Pittsburgh grew into an important town West of the Alleghenies, although the Great Fire of Pittsburgh devastated the town in the 1840s. In 1834, Pennsylvania completed construction on the Main Line of Public Works, a railroad and canal system that stretched across southern Pennsylvania, connecting Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.
Duquesne is located along the Monongahela River, approximately 12 miles (19 km) south of Pittsburgh. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.0 square miles (5.2 km 2), of which 1.8 square miles (4.7 km 2) is land and 0.2 square miles (0.52 km 2), or 10.84%, is water.
The Pittsburgh Pipers re-locate back to Pittsburgh; 1970 The Pittsburgh Pipers of the American Basketball Association are renamed the Pittsburgh Condors. Three Rivers Stadium opens. U.S. Steel Tower built. Population: 540,025. 1971 October 17: Pittsburgh Pirates win 1971 World Series baseball contest. 1972