North Braddock in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Braddock's Spring

Photographed By Allen C. Browne, October 13, 2016

1. Braddock's Spring Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

was located near this tablet.
Here General Braddock was refreshed
and the wounds bathed that he received
in the Battle of Braddock's Defeat.
July, 9, 1755.
From these injuries he died
July 13, 1755.
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Erected 1917. That year being the
50th anniversary of Braddock Borough, the
25th anniversary of Rankin Borough, and also the
175th anniversary of the First white settlement
West of the Alleghany Mountains.

Erected 1917.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, French and Indian. A significant historical date for this entry is July 9, 1755.

Location. 40° 23.821′ N, 79° 51.571′ W. Marker is in North Braddock, Pennsylvania, in Allegheny County. Marker can be reached from Braddock Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1300 Braddock Avenue, Braddock PA 15104, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Edgar Thomson Plant (here, next to this marker); War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Joe Magarac • 1940 (about 300 feet away, measured

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in a direct line); The Great Steel Strike of 1919 (approx. 0.2 miles away); Braddock Carnegie Library (approx. 0.4 miles away); Alexander M. Scott High School (approx. 0.4 miles away); Lafayette's Tour (approx. half a mile away); Braddock's Defeat (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in North Braddock.

Photographed By Allen C. Browne, October 13, 2016

2. Braddock's Spring Marker

Braddock's Spring Marker<br>Edgar Thomson Works image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Allen C. Browne, October 13, 2016

3. Braddock's Spring Marker
Edgar Thomson Works

Mantle Piece image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Allen C. Browne, October 13, 2016

4. Mantle Piece

Edgar Thomson Works
Superintendents Club
Organized Oct. 15th 1899

Photographed By Allen C. Browne, October 13, 2016

5. 1882

Animated Sign<br>Braddock image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Allen C. Browne, October 13, 2016

6. Animated Sign
Braddock

Credits. This page was last revised on February 16, 2021. It was originally submitted on October 19, 2016, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. This page has been viewed 711 times since then and 84 times this year. Last updated on February 15, 2021, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on October 19, 2016, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.