Company town
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A company town is a place where all or most of the stores and housing in the town are owned by the same company that is also the main employer. Company towns are often planned with a suite of amenitie
The town of Siedlung Eisenheim in Oberhausen, Germany
Company town Burg in Bayreuth, Germany
Pullman in the late 19th century
An example of houses at Port Sunlight, England
Summit Hill, Pennsylvania
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Summit Hill is a borough in Carbon County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, Summit Hill had a population of 3,120.
Company town
…established to improve living conditions for workers, but many have been regarded as controlling and/or exploitative. Others were not planned, such as Summit Hill, Pennsylvania, United States, one of the oldest, which began as a Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company mining camp and mine site nine miles (14 km) from the nearest…
Hazard Street in Summit Hill, July 2013
Summit Hill High School, July 2013
PA 902 eastbound in Summit Hill