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Coatesville
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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a borough of Chester county, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., on the west branch of Brandywine Creek, 39 m. W. of Philadelphia. Pop. (1890) 3680; (1900) 5721, of whom 273 were foreign-born. It is served by the Pennsylvania and the Philadelphia & Reading railways, and interurban electric lines. For its size the borough ranks high as a manufacturing centre, iron and steel works, boiler works, brass works, and paper, silk and woollen mills being among its leading establishments. Its water-works are owned and operated by the municipality. Named in honour of Jesse Coates, one of its early settlers, it was settled about 1800, and was incorporated in 1867.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Coatesville'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/c/coatesville.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Coatesville'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/c/coatesville.html. 1910.
