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==History== [[File:Pennsylvania Steel Company mill, 1908.jpg|thumb|left|The Pennsylvania Steel Company mill in Steelton, PA, as seen in 1908.]] After initial habitation by [[Susquehannock Indians]] and subsequent nearby [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania|Harrisburg]] establishment, the area was owned by the Kelker family of Harrisburg by the 1800s. The 100-acre area was chosen in 1866 by [[Samuel Morse Felton Sr.]], president of the [[Pennsylvania Steel Company]], to begin construction of a [[steel mill]]. This particular site was favored because of the location's proximity to the [[Pennsylvania Railroad]], the [[Pennsylvania Canal]], and the nearby iron mine in [[Cornwall, Pennsylvania|Cornwall, Lebanon County]]. The land was purchased from owners Henry A. and Rudolph F. Kelker; then, steel pioneer [[Alexander Lyman Holley]] was chosen to build the mill along the [[Susquehanna River]], which was completed by 1867 (along with a mansion for Felton), and began operation on May 15, 1868. Originally named "Baldwin" after [[Matthias W. Baldwin]], founder of the [[Baldwin Locomotive Works]], by 1871 it had changed to "Steel Works" after the existence of another [[Baldwin, Pennsylvania]] Post Office, and finally "Steelton" in 1879 after confusion of the Post Office with the steel mill itself.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Steel on the Susquehanna|url=http://paheritage.wpengine.com/article/steel-on-susquehanna/|access-date=2021-07-14|website=Pennsylvania Heritage Magazine|language=en-US}}</ref> It was incorporated as a borough on January 19, 1880. The extensive steel works of the Pennsylvania Steel Company later became operated by [[Bethlehem Steel]], [[ArcelorMittal]], and currently [[Cleveland-Cliffs]]. Also present at one time were [[brickyard]]s, a flouring mill, and [[machine shop]]s. 19 people were killed and 199 injured, when a Baseball Special train from Harrisburg to [[Philadelphia]] [[Derailment|derailed]] at Steelton on July 28, 1962. Three of the nine cars landed in the Susquehanna River. A passing [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]] drill team participated in the rescue efforts.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130818125702/http://www.navy.mil/ah_online/department_arch.html U.S. Navy All Hands magazine] [https://web.archive.org/web/20150918230551/http://www.navy.mil/ah_online/archpdf/ah196212.pdf December 1962], pp. 16-19.</ref>
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