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| | Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania |
 | | But a century ago, Mount Carmel was a bustling hub of the coal mining industry, bringing together emigrant workers from all over Europe. |
 | | By 1896, with 15 mines in a five-mile radius, the population of Mount Carmel swelled to 15,000 incl including emigrants from Italy, Austria, Hungary, Poland, and Russia. |
 | | From about 1882, Mount Carmel was one of the largest North American settlements of emigrants from Trentino, an Alpine region with a distinct history and culture that is now a province of Italy. |
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