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Old Economy Memorial

Old Economy Memorial is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Ambridge, Beaver County, dedicated 1947.

13th St. at Ohio River Blvd (PA 65), at corner of site, Ambridge

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Maintained by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission as a State memorial to the Harmony Society, organized February 15, 1805, dissolved December 15, 1905. These buildings erected 1824-1831, comprise a portion of the third settlement by the society. 1st Settlement - Harmony, Butler Co., Pa., 1804-15. 2nd Settlement - New Harmony, Posey Co., Ind., 1814-25. 3rd Settlement - Economy, Beaver Co., Pa., 1824-1905.

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Pennsylvania, 1804, covering the location of Old Economy Memorial, with a pin at the marker's coordinates
Pennsylvania, 1804, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.
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