![]() ![]() The covered bridge stood in place until, when flooding on the Ohio and Beaver rivers inflicted extensive damage in low-lying areas and swept it away. ![]() Once the bridge was opened, nearly all the manufacturing was done on the Fallston side, with most of the owners of the concerns living on the opposite side of the Beaver in New Brighton. The bridge opened in 1837, and was heavily traveled. , a contract for building a covered wooden bridge over the Beaver River at Fallston was awarded to Lathrop & LeBarron. The business was carried on by the founders' descendants until the 1930s. ![]() Their business was successful and in 1876, the Kennedy brothers established a second plant in New Brighton, Pennsylvania. The business later changed into a nail keg, and still later into a lead keg, factory. In 1836, brothers Matthew T Kennedy (1804-1884) and Samuel Kennedy (1810-1886), sons of Thomas Kennedy (1782-1821), an Irish-born wheel and spinning wheel maker, went into business building cabinets and doing wheelwright work carried on by water power. It continued publication for more than 86 years (with various changes in name and management over the years). The Beaver Falls Union and Beaver County Advocate was the Gazette's successor, starting publication in Jan 1838 when it published its last on, the Western Argus, which started publication in 1818 elsewhere in Beaver County, attempted and was mainly successful in taking over the Advocate's readership. It was not able to sustain itself, and ceased publication in Nov 1836. On, the Fallston and Brighton Gazette newspaper started publication in Fallston, one of the earliest newspapers in the county. A post office at Fallston was established. The borough of Fallston, the largest manufacturing center of its time in Beaver County, was incorporated by an Act of the Assembly in 1829. The Harris's Pittsburgh Business Directory for the year 1837 states "This place and the surrounding neighborhood, bids fair to be extensively increased, in consequence of the immense mineral and water advantages which it possesses." The narrow space between the hills on either side and the Beaver River was dammed at the lower falls the water power allowed Fallston to achieve great importance as a manufacturing center. It lies on the west side of the Beaver River immediately opposite New Brighton, Pennsylvania and about a mile below Beaver Falls. It is a part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area.įallston takes its name from a waterfall in the Beaver River. The population was 255 at the 2020 census. “If we do open the drive-in, it’ll probably be day-by-day, maybe weekends but not weekdays, for people who still might be apprehensive about coming inside.Fallston is a borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States, along the Beaver River. “We’re not planning to open drive in rest of week then we will decide what we want to do,” Wienholt said. “A lot of customers have been saying they hope the drive-in stays up, I really don’t know for sure yet,” he said.Ī showing of “Sonic the Hedgehog” Wednesday night was the last drive-in showing that has been scheduled. With indoor theaters allowed to reopen and the weather likely to turn cooler with the arrival of fall, Wienholt said he’s not sure how long he’ll keep the outdoor movies going. Patrons could still use the concession stand and restrooms inside the Horizon theater in the shopping center, but could watch the movies outdoors from their vehicle. ![]() Wienholt and company had set up a large screen in the parking lot of the Fallston Village Center, off Routes 1 and 152, in mid-July as a way to drive business when indoor movie theaters were still unable to open. ![]()
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