Beaver Falls in Beaver County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Chinese Workers in Beaver Falls

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel

1. Chinese Workers in Beaver Falls Marker

Inscription. Following labor disputes with their local employees, the Beaver Falls Cutlery Company contracted with Chinese workers from San Francisco and New Orleans in 1872. Hired to work at the Harmonist-owned factory, they were among the first Chinese immigrants in Pa. In 1882 a wave of anti-Chinese sentiment led Congress to pass the highly restrictive Chinese Exclusion Act, which prohibited nearly all immigration from China until it was repealed in 1943.

Erected 2021 by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Asian Americans • Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1872.

Location. 40° 44.714′ N, 80° 19.178′ W. Marker is in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, in Beaver County. It is at the intersection of 7th Avenue (Pennsylvania Route 18) and 3rd Street, on the right when traveling north on 7th Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 330 7th Ave, Beaver Falls PA 15010, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Greater Pittsburgh.

It is also

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in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

and in the Ohio River Valley.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Union Drawn Steel (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Patterson Heights Incline (approx. ¼ mile away); Erected (approx. 0.6 miles away); New Brighton (approx. 0.6 miles away); New Brighton Korean & Viet Nam Memorial (approx. 0.6 miles away); New Brighton World War Memorial (approx. 0.6 miles away); Joe Namath (approx. 0.6 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Beaver Falls.

Also see . . . Chinese Workers in Beaver Falls. (Submitted on March 27, 2022, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.)

Additional keywords. Immigration; racism in immigration laws

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel

2. Chinese Workers in Beaver Falls Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on October 24, 2024. It was originally submitted on March 27, 2022, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 1,416 times since then and 77 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 27, 2022, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.