Editing Aliquippa, Pennsylvania (section)

==History==
[[File:General view of Aliquippa, Pennsylvania.tif|thumb|left|An aerial view of Aliquippa in 1938 with [[Jones and Laughlin Steel Company]]'s plant visible in the background]] 
Aliquippa was founded by the merger of three towns: Aliquippa, Woodlawn,<ref>{{cite gnis | id = 1191743 | name = Woodlawn, Beaver County, Pennsylvania | access-date = May 19, 2018}}</ref> and New Sheffield.<ref>{{cite gnis | id = 1182372 | name = New Sheffield, Beaver County, Pennsylvania | access-date = May 19, 2018}}</ref><ref name=BCB>{{cite web | url = http://www.bchistory.org/beavercounty/BeaverCountyCommunities/Aliquippa/Aliquippa.html |title = Aliquippa | work = Beaver County Bicentennial Atlas | year = 2002 | access-date = May 19, 2018 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150502000417/http://www.bchistory.org/beavercounty/BeaverCountyCommunities/Aliquippa/Aliquippa.html | archive-date = May 2, 2015 }}</ref> There is no known direct connection between [[Seneca nation|Seneca]] [[Queen Aliquippa]] and the city; rather, "Aliquippa" was one of several Indian names selected arbitrarily by the [[Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad]] in 1878 for stations along its route.<ref name=BCB/> The oldest church within the current boundaries of Aliquippa is Mt. Carmel Presbyterian Church (formerly White Oak Flats Presbyterian Church), established about 1793 in the New Sheffield region on Brodhead Road.<ref name=BCB/> 

Aliquippa is best known as the location of a productive steel mill that the [[Jones and Laughlin Steel Company]] constructed there along the [[Ohio River]] beginning in 1905. Employment at the facility sustained a population of 27,023 in 1940.<ref name=BCB/> The mill closed in 1984 during the collapse of the [[steel industry]] during the 1980s, and was demolished in 1988. This major economic loss alongside suburbanization caused a major population loss through the end of the 20th century. Many of the city's businesses have left since the closing of the mill. This has left the city economically depressed, with the crime rate dramatically rising over time.

Aliquippa was formally chartered as a city in 1987 by the Aliquippa Borough Council. The [[B.F. Jones Memorial Library]] is a historical landmark of the community.

[[USAir Flight 427]] crashed near Aliquippa on September 8, 1994.<ref name="NTSB AAR-99-01">{{cite book |url=https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR9901.pdf |title=Aircraft Accident Report – Uncontrolled Descent and Collision With Terrain, USAir Flight 427, Boeing 737-300, N513AU, Near Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, September 8, 1994 |date=March 24, 1999 |publisher=[[National Transportation Safety Board]] |id=NTSB/AAR-99/01 |access-date=January 17, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304080633/https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR9901.pdf |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}</ref>