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Harmarville was settled by farmers and by immigrant coal miners who worked in the former Harmar Mine. [2] [3] Because of the Allegheny River, the Pennsylvania Turnpike and other highways and railroads, Harmarville has a strong history as a transportation center. Early industries included brick manufacturing.
Harmar Township is a township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. It contains the communities of Acmetonia, Harmarville, Harmar Heights, and Chapel Downs. The population was 3,136 at the 2020 census. [1] The township was named after Harmar Denny, a U.S. congressman and son of Ebenezer Denny. [2]
C.W. Bill Young Lock and Dam (formerly known as Allegheny River Lock and Dam No. 3 [2]) in Harmar Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and Plum, Pennsylvania, is a lock that was built in 1932. [3]
The Jonathon Hulton Bridge, built in 1908, was the first major bridge designed by Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. [1] Spanning the Allegheny River, it connected the eastern Pittsburgh suburbs of Oakmont and Harmarville, Pennsylvania.
The stream flows south and passes under Pennsylvania Route 49 11 miles northeast of Coudersport where a historical marker that declares the start of the river is located. Cobb Hill is about a mile north. The stream flows southwest paralleling Route 49 to Coudersport. [2]
The Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad Bridge is a truss bridge that carries the Canadian National Railway's Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad division across the Allegheny River between the Pittsburgh suburbs of Plum and Harmar Township, Pennsylvania. In 1897, a single-track trestle and viaduct was built on this site; in 1918, the original piers were ...
Comprising 53 buildings situated on over 85 acres (0.34 km 2), U-PARC is located 14 miles (23 km) from Downtown Pittsburgh in Harmar Township, Pennsylvania adjacent to the Route 28 expressway and Interstate 76, the Pennsylvania Turnpike. [1] It was founded as the research laboratories of Gulf Oil in 1933 and moved to Harmar Township in 1935. It ...
The Harmarville Hurricanes were an amateur soccer club from Harmarville, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh, that twice won the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, known then as the National Challenge Cup, in 1952 and 1956. They also played in the Cup Final in 1953. The team was owned by the Harmar Coal Company. [2]