Ambridge, Pennsylvania Ambridge, Pennsylvania Location in Beaver County and state of Pennsylvania Location in Beaver County and state of Pennsylvania Website Borough of Ambridge Ambridge is a borough in Beaver County in Western Pennsylvania, incorporated in 1905 and titled after the American Bridge Company.
Ambridge is positioned 16 miles (25 km) northwest of Pittsburgh, alongside the Ohio River.
The town is near the locale of Legionville, the training camp for General "Mad" Anthony Wayne's Legion of the United States.
The Harmony Society first settled the region in the early 19th century, beginning the village of "Okonomie" or Economy in 1824.
The Society was dissolved and its vast real estate holdings sold, much of it to the American Bridge Company, who later enlarged the town and incorporated it as Ambridge in 1905.
With the expansion of the steel mills, Ambridge became a around the world prestige in steel production. The borough became known for bridge building, metal molding, and the manufacture of tubes (large iron pipes).
The steel was then sent by rail to the adjoining American Bridge naval shipyard in Leetsdale, PA where the LSTs were built.
With the shift of steel manufacturing overseas, the American Bridge Company ended operations in Ambridge in 1983.
The diminish of both the steel trade and the town in chronicled in Rust Belt Boy by Ambridge native Paul Hertneky. Even though the steel mills no longer dominate the landscape, Ambridge remains the home of Old Economy Village, a National Historic Landmark administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
Old Economy Village also provides enhance education and preservation of the Society's unique material culture.
As a pioneer in the American silk industry, Economy became known as the American silk center in the 1830s and 1840s.
Although the different ethnic groups of Ambridge have blended over time, the improve continues to recognize the origins from which it came.
Since 1966, Ambridge has held an annual tradition festival celebrating the borough's ethnic pride.
Organized by the Ambridge Chamber of Commerce, the three-day Nationality Days festival takes place in May and is positioned in the heart of the downtown Commercial District.
Booths are sponsored by various churches in Ambridge, bringing with them the recipes for their cultural dishes such as pirohy, haluski, stuffed cabbage, and borscht.
Presbyterian church in Ambridge from a pre-1923 postcard With Ambridge now over 100 years old, revitalization is beginning to occur along Merchant Street in the Downtown Commercial District.
In 2007 Ambridge was designated as a Preserve America Community by the White House.
Convenient to Pittsburgh along the Ohio River Boulevard and just athwart the Ohio River from the Pittsburgh Airport, Ambridge leaders hope it will benefit by its locale and low cost of living.
Ambridge is positioned at 40 35 35 N 80 13 31 W (40.593167, -80.225200), along the Ohio River.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the borough has a total region of 1.7 square miles (4.4 km2), of which 1.5 square miles (3.9 km2) is territory and 0.2 square miles (0.5 km2) (12.87%) is water.
The ethnic makeup of the borough was 85.69% White, 11.38% African American, 0.08% Native American, 0.45% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.73% from other competitions, and 1.66% from two or more competitions.
In the borough the populace was spread out, with 21.7% under the age of 18, 7.9% from 18 to 24, 27.2% from 25 to 44, 20.2% from 45 to 64, and 23.0% who were 65 years of age or older.
The town is served by the Ambridge Area School District .
The town's high school is Ambridge Area High School.
Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church of Ambridge.
"Holy Ghost Orthodox Church, Ambridge, Pennsylvania".
Holy Ghost Orthodox Church, Ambridge.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Resident Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012".
Ambridge Area Chamber of Commerce The Ambridge Area Chamber of Commerce Ambridge Borough site Old Economy Village exhibition interpreting the history of the Harmony Society Information on the Ohio River Bridge in Ambridge Municipalities and communities of Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States
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1905 establishments in Pennsylvania - Boroughs in Beaver County, Pennsylvania - Company suburbs in Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania populated places on the Ohio River - Pittsburgh urbane region - Populated places established in 1824 - Ukrainian communities in the United States - Utopian communities
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