Allegheny

Allegheny, or ALLEGHANY, one of the chief manufacturing cities of Pennsylvania, situated on the Alleghany River, opposite Pittsburg, is the terminus of important railway lines, and has besides its factories numerous important public institutions, such as the Western Penitentiary, which has usually 400 to 500 inmates; and a Presbyterian theological seminary, with 5 professors and nearly 200 students. There are 3 theological schools, about 50 churches, an astronomical observatory, a city park of 100 acres, a Catholic orphanage, and a college for coloured persons. The chief industries of the place include rolling-mills for iron, cotton and woollen mills, breweries, foundries, a steel factory, blast-furnace, and locomotive works. It is a favourite place of residence for the business men of Pittsburg, but though in many respects a suburb of that city, it has a separate municipal organisation. Pop. (1870) 53,180; (1880) 78,681; (1890) 105,287—many Germans.