The New Student's Reference Work/Braddock, Pa.

Braddock, Pa., a thriving manufacturing town in southwestern Pennsylvania, on the right bank of the Monongahela, ten miles southeast of Pittsburg. It is noted as the site of the disastrous battle, under General Braddock (July 9, 1755), between the English and colonial levies and the French and Indians. Its industries include steel rail, wire, cement, plaster and railroad car manufacture. Population, 19,357.