Aliquippa, Pennsylvania

Aliquippa is a city located in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 11,734. Aliquippa is best known as the location of a productive steel mill that J & L Steel constructed there along the Ohio River beginning in 1905. Employment at the facility sustained a population of 27,023 in 1940. The steel mill has been rendered asunder, and the population of Aliquippa is down by about 60 percent from its highest level.

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Beaver County, Pennsylvania - 2000 - Steel mill - J & L Steel - Ohio River - 1905 - 1940

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Famous Aliquippans include Mike Ditka, Pete Maravich, Tony Dorsett, Ty Law, and Henry Mancini.

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Mike Ditka - Henry Mancini

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