West Homestead (Pa.)
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Name (Hebrew)
מערב הומסטד (פנסילבניה)
Name (Latin)
West Homestead (Pa.)
Coordinates
-79.91527778 -79.91527778 40.39444444 40.39444444 (gooearth )
W0795443 W0795443 N0402338 N0402338 (geonames )
Associated country
United States
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Sources of Information
- GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 40°23ʹ38ʺN 079°54ʹ43ʺW)
- Seiler, M.M. Mid the hills of Pa., c1980:t.p. (West Homestead)
- R-M comm. atlas, 1979(West Homestead, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania)
Wikipedia description:
West Homestead is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, 8 miles (13 km) southeast of Pittsburgh, on the Monongahela River. Heavy industries associated with nearby steel mills existed here, such as axle works, brickworks, and manufactories of machinery, car wheels, etc. The largest concern was Mesta Machinery, which was one of the world's leading industrial manufacturers from 1898 until 1983. The population was 1,872 at the 2020 census.
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