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Port Carbon is a borough of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USA, two miles (3 km) northeast of Pottsville. It is in a coal-mining area. In the past, ironworks had been a feature of the borough. In 1900, 2,168 people lived here and, in 1910, 2,678. The population was 1,889 at the 2010 census. [edit] History
Port Carbon was founded by Abraham Pott, a son of John Pott who founded Pottsville in 1806. Port Carbon was the site of the first lock on the Schuylkill Canal, on its route for transport of coal mined in the region to Philadelphia. Robert Allison, a local industrialist, purchased the first commercially manufactured automobile, a Winton. [edit] Research Tips
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