Pottstown

Pottstown, a borough of Pennsylvania, on the Schuylkill River, at the mouth of Manatawny Creek (both crossed by bridges), 40 miles by rail NW. of Philadelphia. It contains iron-foundries, blast-furnaces, rolling-mills, nail-factories, car-works, &c. Pop. (1880) 5305; (1890) 13,285.