Wilmerding, Pennsylvania

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Wilmerding, Pennsylvania is a small borough in Allegheny County near Pittsburgh, historically known as a company town for the Westinghouse Air Brake Company.

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Wilmerding, Pennsylvania canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf borough
municipality
areaCode 412
878
associatedWithPerson George Westinghouse
borders Monroeville, Pennsylvania
linked to: Monroeville

North Versailles Township, Pennsylvania
Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania
censusDesignation borough
climate humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa/Dfb transition)
country United States
county Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
linked to: Allegheny County
countySeatOf none
economicHistory dominated by single large employer
elevation approximately 860 feet
FIPSCode 42-85272
GNISFeatureID 1210099
governmentType borough council
hasFeature dense early-20th-century residential housing
historic company-built housing
hasHistoricArchitecture Romanesque Revival industrial office building
hasHistoricFunction railroad equipment manufacturing center
hasIndustryHistoric railroad air brake manufacturing
hasLandmark Westinghouse Air Brake Company General Office Building
Westinghouse Air Brake Company factory complex
hasZIPCodeType standard
historicalRole company town for Westinghouse Air Brake Company
incorporatedAsBorough 1890
locatedIn Allegheny Plateau
linked to: Appalachian Plateau

Monongahela River Valley
United States Census Bureau Allegheny County division
linked to: Allegheny County
locatedNear Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
majorEmployerHistoric Westinghouse Air Brake Company
namedFor Joanna Wilmerding Negley
NRHPListing Westinghouse Air Brake Company General Office Building
Westinghouse Air Brake Company complex
partOf Pittsburgh metropolitan area
linked to: Pittsburgh region
populationTrend post-industrial decline in population
postalCode 15148
region Western Pennsylvania
schoolDistrict East Allegheny School District
servedByRailroad Pennsylvania Railroad (historically)
state Pennsylvania
subdivisionType borough of the second class
timeZone Eastern Time Zone
timeZoneDST Eastern Daylight Time
linked to: Eastern Time Zone
transportationAccess near U.S. Route 30
served by local bus routes to Pittsburgh

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Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania borderedBy Wilmerding, Pennsylvania
East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania adjacentTo Wilmerding, Pennsylvania
North Versailles Township, Pennsylvania adjacentTo Wilmerding, Pennsylvania
Turtle Creek (stream) flowsThrough Wilmerding, Pennsylvania