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Connaughtown

 
 
Connaughtown Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), November 19, 2022
1. Connaughtown Marker
Inscription. Settled by immigrants from the Connaught Province of Ireland, who came to work in the neighboring Alan Wood Steel Mills. Original home of the Plymouth Fire Company, founded in 1906.
 
Erected by Plymouth Township, Pennsylvania.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Charity & Public WorkImmigrationIndustry & CommerceSettlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1906.
 
Location. 40° 4.863′ N, 75° 18.973′ W. Marker is near Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, in Montgomery County. It is in Plymouth Township. It is at the intersection of Conshohocken Road (County Road 3013) and Old Elm Street, on the right when traveling south on Conshohocken Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Conshohocken PA 19428, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southeast Pennsylvania and in Greater Philadelphia. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. 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: Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.7 miles away); Battery C, 166th Field Artillery (approx. 0.7 miles away); St. Matthew Parish School Name Stone (approx. Ύ mile away); Edward Hector (approx. Ύ mile away); Conshohocken Trailhead (approx. Ύ mile away); Site of the Whitton / Miraglia House (approx. Ύ mile away); West Conshohocken Veteran Memorial
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(approx. 0.8 miles away); Honor Roll (approx. 0.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Conshohocken.
 
Connaughtown Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), November 19, 2022
2. Connaughtown Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on November 22, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 1,923 times since then and 93 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on November 22, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
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