Ellmont, Pennsylvania
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Ellmont is a
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site near Brockway, in the Elk CountyJefferson County areas of
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. It is located along a present-day bicycle and hiking
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, built on the old
railroad right of way A right-of-way (ROW, not to be confused with "right of way" without hyphens) is a right to make a way over a piece of land, usually to and from another piece of land. A right of way is a type of easement granted or reserved over the land for tr ...
along
Little Toby Creek Little Toby Creek is a tributary of the Clarion River in northwest Pennsylvania in the United States.Gertler, Edward. ''Keystone Canoeing'', Seneca Press, 2004. Little Toby Creek joins the Clarion River near the community of Portland Mills in El ...
in Jefferson and Elk Counties.


History

A steel mill was built nearby in 1883, leading to the establishment of the town of Blue Rock, later renamed Ellmont. After the mill burned down, the town was abandoned.


References

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