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Portland is a borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. The population of Portland was 494 at the 2020 census. The population of Portland was 494 at the 2020 census. Portland is part of the Lehigh Valley metropolitan area, which had a population of 861,899 and was thus the 68th most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. as of the 2020 census.
Atlas Portland Cement Company, the world's largest cement manufacturer from 1895 until 1982, was based in Northampton in the county. [3] Bethlehem Steel, the world's second-largest manufacturer of steel for most of the 20th century, was based in Bethlehem, the county's most populous city, prior to its dissolution in 2003.
The Bangor and Portland Railway (B&P) was an American railroad incorporated in 1879. It began operations between Bangor and Portland, Pennsylvania , the following year. In 1880, the company merged with the Bangor and Bath Railroad, giving an extension to Bath .
Coplay Cement Company Kilns, also known as the Saylor Park Industrial Museum, is an open-air historic site located at Coplay, Pennsylvania in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. The nine kilns were built between 1892 and 1893 and used for the production of Portland cement.
It manufactured Portland cement, the most common type of cement in the world. In the early 20th century, Atlas Portland Cement Company produced eight million barrels for the construction of the Panama Canal (1903-1914); its product was the majority of cement used on that project. [ 1 ]
Pennsylvania electricity production by type. This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, sorted by type and name.In 2022, Pennsylvania had a total summer capacity of 49,066 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 239,261 GWh. [2]
Addison and Pennsylvania Railway: B&O: 1887 1898 Susquehanna and New York Railroad: Addison and Northern Pennsylvania Railway: B&O: 1882 1887 Addison and Pennsylvania Railway: Aliquippa and Southern Railroad: ALQS 1906 2002 Aliquippa and Ohio River Railroad: Allegheny Railroad: ALY 1985 1992 Allegheny and Eastern Railroad
In the meantime, the P&NE (PA Division) was successful in laying one and one-sixth mile (2 km) of track to the east of Wind Gap about 1880. However, it was foreclosed on July 25, 1881, and reorganized as the Susquehanna and Delaware River Railroad on August 23, 1881; it was foreclosed again and reorganized on July 13, 1886, as the Harrisburg and New England Railroad was supposedly reorganized ...