Harrisburg

Harrisburg
► C. del NE de E.U.A., cap. del estado de Pensilvania; 53 264 h (área estadística, 240 751 h).

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Ciudad (pob., 2000: 48.950 hab.), capital de Pensilvania en EE.UU. Se ubica en la parte sudoriental de Pensilvania, junto al río Susquehanna; John Harris estableció este lugar primero como factoría y servicio de transbordadores 1718, y lo llamó Harris' Ferry.

La ciudad, diseñada en 1785, se hizo conocida como Harrisburg y se convirtió en la capital del estado en 1812. En 1839 fue escenario de la primera convención nacional del Partido Whig que eligió a William H. Harrison. Una vez terminada la construcción de la línea principal del ferrocarril de Pennsylvania Railroad Co. que va desde Harrisburg hasta Pittsburgh en 1847, se convirtió en centro de transporte. En 1906 se terminó la construcción del capitolio de la legislatura del estado, cuya cúpula sigue el diseño de la basílica de San Pedro en Roma.

Reserva nacional forestal Shawnee, al sur de Harrisburg, Illinois, EE.UU.
Courtesy of the Illinois Department of Business and Economic Development

Enciclopedia Universal. 2012.

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