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 NEW BRIGHTON PAPERS. 143 In 1815 a plan of lots was laid out on. tract No. 94, which led to the name of the town. By an Act of Assembly of March 20, 1810, a company was incorporated under the name, style and title of "The President, Managers and Company for erecting a bridge over Big Beaver creek opposite the town of Brighton," where the overhead bridge now stands. If erected where laid out it would not be opposite Brighton (now Beaver Falls) but in a township, and ia order to conform to the charter, the name of East Brighton was given to the plan of lots surveyed on tract No. 94, and thus the eastern end of the bridge was built opposite (East) Brighton, which in time was changed and incorporated in 1838 as New Brighton. SCENE ON OLD CANAL. In 1828 the flouring mUl known as the Quaker Mill, was erected some distance below the bridge, and iu the year 1836 began the building of factories below it, which iacreased rapidly from that time on, and other tracts on which the town is located were laid out in lots. In 1831 work was begim on the canal through the town and gave an impetus to trade and commerce, and later a branch of the United States bank, was established, which provid.ed plenty of funds, as long as they lasted, for pushing busi- ness, and there was a boom in trade, but New Brighton was dependent on Fallston for its newspapers, as it was for a postoffice.