Pottsville

Pottsville, capital of Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, is built on the side of steep hills, on the Schuylkill River, at the entrance of Norwegian Creek, 93 miles by rail NW. of Philadelphia. It is in the midst of a rich anthracite coal and iron region, and has several iron-furnaces, foundries, rolling-mills, machine-shops, sawnmills, &c. Pop. (1880) 13,253; (1890) 14,117.