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The Terminal, also known as the Pittsburgh Produce Terminal and formerly the Pennsylvania Fruit Auction & Sales Building, is a building located at 2100 Smallman Street in the Strip District neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Built in 1926, the Produce Terminal stretches 1,533 feet long over five blocks.
In 1808, Philip Drum (son of George Sr.) bought land in Luzerne County from Benjamin Rush, [12] who was a close advisor to George Washington during the American Revolutionary War [13] and signed the United States Declaration of Independence. [7]
Norristown is a municipality with home rule status and the county seat of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States, in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. [3] Located along the Schuylkill River, approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) from Philadelphia, Norristown had a population of 35,748 as of the 2020 census.
Around the time of the American Revolution, Milltown became more commonly known as Downingtown after the prominent businessman Thomas Downing, [5] a Quaker immigrant in 1717 from Bradninch, Devon, England, who owned a number of those mills. The burough was officially named Downingtown in 1812.
As of the census [11] of 2000, there were 3,236 people, 1,526 households, and 900 families living in the borough. The population density was 2,258.6 inhabitants per square mile (872.1/km 2).
Ephrata (/ ˈ ɛ f r ə t ə / EF-rə-tə; Pennsylvania German: Effridaa) is a borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States.It is located 42 miles (68 km) east of Harrisburg and about 60 miles (97 km) west-northwest of Philadelphia and is named after Ephrath, the former name for current-day Bethlehem. [3]
Armstrong County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.As of the 2020 census, the population was 65,558. [2] The county seat is Kittanning. [3] The county was organized on March 12, 1800, from parts of Allegheny, Westmoreland and Lycoming Counties.
Latifundia included a villa rustica, including an often luxurious owner's residence, and the operation of the farm relied on a large number of Roman slaves, [5] sometimes kept in an ergastulum. They produced agricultural products for sale and profit such as livestock ( sheep and cattle ) or olive oil, grain, garum and wine.