M'Keesport, a borough of Pennsylvania, on the Monongahela River, at the mouth of the Yonhiogheny, and on several railways, 15 miles SE. of Pittsburg. It has flour, saw, and rolling mills, large manufactures of tubing, glass-works, a distillery, &c. Natural gas is used to some extent for fuel. Pop. 8212.
M'Keesport
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 6: Humber to Malta, p. 775
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