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Port Perry, Pennsylvania

Former populated places in PennsylvaniaUnincorporated communities in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
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Port Perry, Pennsylvania from west

Port Perry was a town along the Monongahela River near Braddock, Pennsylvania and by the mouth of Turtle Creek. It disappeared by 1945, having been gradually replaced by railroad tracks serving the nearby Edgar Thomson Steel Works.

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Port Perry, Pennsylvania
Great Allegheny Passage,

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Great Allegheny Passage
15104
Pennsylvania, United States
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