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Turtle Creek (Pennsylvania)
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Turtle Creek (Monongahela River)
Turtle Creek
is a
tributary
of the
Monongahela River
in
Allegheny
and
Westmoreland
counties in the
U.S. state
of
Pennsylvania
. At its juncture with the Monongahela is
Braddock, Pennsylvania
, where the
Battle of the Monongahela
("Braddock's Defeat") was fought in 1755. In the mid-19th century, the
Pennsylvania Railroad
laid tracks along the stream as part of its
Main Line
from
Philadelphia
to
Pittsburgh
.
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Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania
Turtle Creek
is a borough in
Allegheny County
,
Pennsylvania
, southeast of
Pittsburgh
. The population was 5,349 at the
2010 census
.
George Westinghouse
gave life to the place by constructing a manufacturing plant nearby. Turtle Creek takes its name from a
small stream
that flows into the
Monongahela River
. Before
white settlers
arrived, there was a small village of Native Americans living there from the Turtle Clan of the
Iroquois
Nation. (See:
East Pittsburgh
and
Wilmerding
.)
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