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Tanners Falls is centered on the intersection of Upper Woods Road (Pennsylvania Route 4007, or PA-4007) and Tanners Falls Road (part of PA-4017). Six more state routes also run through the village: Hancock Highway (part of PA-191 ); Bethany Turnpike (part of PA-670 ); Beech Grove Road (PA-4005); Niles Pond Road (PA-4019), which connects to ...
It leads southeast 7 miles (11 km) to Wells Tannery and 14 miles (23 km) to U.S. Route 30 on top of Sideling Hill. To the north it ends just outside the borough at Pennsylvania Route 26, which leads southwest 14 miles (23 km) to Everett and northeast 32 miles (51 km) to Huntingdon.
The tannery was originally built as a small log structure in 1743 along the east side of the Grist Mill, which is now Luckenbach Mill. Leather was both an important material and a valuable commodity in early Bethlehemm, making the need for the tannery all the greater and one of the most profitable industries. It supplied the necessary leather ...
Emporium is a borough and the county seat of Cameron County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. [3] Early in the twentieth century, there were large power plants and manufacturers of radio tubes and incandescent lamps (Sylvania Electric Products), paving brick, flour, iron, lumber, and sole leather.
A tannery was constructed in Muncy Valley in 1867. It burned down in 1872, but was rebuilt. In 1893, the tannery was sold to the United States Leather Company. [1] The village is served by the Muncy Valley Area Volunteer Fire Company. [2]
After 1878, the area was known as "Rose Valley". [11]: 32 As of 1790, Jonathan Thomas purchased half an acre of land from Gilkinson and sited a tannery at the intersection, [11] causing a nearby creek to be nicknamed "Tannery Run". [7] As of 1810, the tannery was sold by his son, David Thomas, to Joseph Rutter. [11]
Timber cutting in the region continued until there were few trees left to fell. By 1921, the sawmill and tannery closed, and most of Leetonia's residents moved elsewhere. [4] Between 1933 and 1941, Leetonia was the site of Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Camp S-90-Pa. After arriving at the camp site, Company 328, consisting of 193 men, built ...
Penn Township is located in the western part of Westmoreland County.It is approximately 25 miles east from Pittsburgh and seven miles west of Greensburg.The township is bordered by north by Murrysville, to the northeast by Salem Township, to the east by Hempfield Township, to the southeast by Jeannette, to the southwest by North Huntington Township, to the west-southwest by Trafford, and to ...