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Phoenixville: Phoenix Iron Works Restored foundry of the Phoenix Iron Works, now home to the Schuylkill River Heritage Center, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania.

Phoenixville

Pennsylvania, United States
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Phoenixville, borough (town), Chester county, southeastern Pennsylvania, U.S., on the Schuylkill River between French and Pickering creeks, 28 miles (45 km) northwest of Philadelphia. The site was originally settled in 1720 by the Reverend Francis Buckwalter, a German refugee, and the town was founded (1731) by his followers. It marked the most westerly point reached by the British in Pennsylvania during the American Revolution. The steel industry dates from around 1785, beginning with Benjamin Longstreth’s...

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