, 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. Wienholt and his son, Thomas, were on hand Tuesday, getting the theater equipment and parking lot configuration ready ahead of the start of “Grease.” Wienholt wore a mask as he walked through the lot, shifting traffic cones around and asking patrons to move their vehicles to ensure everyone could have a clear view of the screen.Fallston is a borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States, along the Beaver River. “The theater’s gorgeous, and we can’t open it,” Wienholt said. The newest theater in Aberdeen, which was built in the former Mars supermarket space in the Aberdeen Marketplace shopping center, opened in March with many of the safety features that have been installed in the older theaters.
“The only place you’d be safer is in your own house.”
“I‘d dare to say that we’re safer than any other business out there,” he said of the Horizon theaters. The theaters cannot open without approval from state and local authorities, though, and Wienholt said he has not yet heard when that will happen. He and his staff have been working in the theaters, making facility upgrades such as touchless doors and restrooms, to ensure visitors are safe when inside. Alcoholic drinks also are not permitted on the premises. Customers can enter the theater lobby to visit the concession stand or use the restroom, but they cannot loiter inside, according to Wienholt. For an additional $15, they can get a combo of one large popcorn and two medium drinks. Drive-in patrons can visit /fallston to reserve a space in the parking lot for $25, which covers as many people that can fit in the vehicle.
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