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Place Name
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Beaver Falls
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Place Status (Type)
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city
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Population
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10,687 (1990)
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Location
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Beaver County, Pennsylvania (PA), United States, North America
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Latitude
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40°45'N
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Longitude
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80°19'W
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Beaver Falls
, city (1990 pop. 10,687), Beaver co., W Pa.,
27 mi/43 km NW of Pittsburgh, on falls of the
Beaver R., 4 mi/6.4 km N of its junction with
the Ohio; 40°45'N 80°19'W. A steel center in an area of coal mines,
natural-gas deposits, and clay pits, it is known for its cold-drawn
steel. Mfg. (food prods., primary metals, clay prods., fabricated metal
prods., chinaware). Agr. (alfalfa; livestock; dairying).The plates for
U.S. currency are made here. The city was founded on a Native Amer.
trail that later became a pioneer road. Geneva Col. is here; Beaver Co.
Airport to NW; Beaver Falls Historical Society Mus. Settled c.1793,
inc. 1868.
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