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Ambridge

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Ambridge, industrial borough (1990 pop. 8,133), Beaver co., W Pa., on the Ohio River; inc. 1905. Founded by and named for the American Bridge Co. in 1901, it now manufactures plastics, processed food, furniture fixtures, and fabricated metal products. On the northwest edge of town are 17 restored buildings and homes from the old village of Economy, a communistic establishment founded in 1825 by members of the Harmony Society Harmony Society, religious society founded by German Separatists under the leadership of George Rapp. The Harmonists (or Rappites) held property in common and subscribed to the austere doctrines of their leader, including that of celibacy.
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. The most successful of the society's communities, it thrived until 1906.


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What started as a collection of handwritten notes on index cards kept in a set of miniature wooden filing drawers, is today a burgeoning record Ambridge life stored on a searchable computer database.
American Julie, of Ambridge, Pennsylvania, said of the excruciating discomfort: "On a scale of one to 10, it's close to 10.
In 1986, Lynda and Robert Snell bought Ambridge Hall for pounds 160,000.
 
 
 
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