Pittston, a mining-town of Pennsylvania, on the Susquehanna River, 9 miles by rail NE. of Wilkesbarre. Besides a railway bridge, there are two other bridges connecting it with West Pittston (4000). Pittston contains also a number of foundries and knitting-mills, and a silk-factory. Pop. (1870) 6760; (1890) 10,302.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 8: Peasant to Eoumelia, p. 208
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