Sharon, a borough of Pennsylvania, on the Shenango River, 71 miles by rail NNW. of Pittsburgh. Its manufactures include rolling-mills and foundries, steel and boiler works, a chain-factory, planing and flour mills, a soap-factory, and machine-shops; and coal is largely mined near by. Pop. (1890) 7447.
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