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Charles William Bechtel

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Charles William Bechtel

Birth
Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
22 Mar 1950 (aged 87)
Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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In the 1890's Charles Bechtel was of Pottstown's best-known baseball players. He was a pitcher of the team that traveled all over Eastern Pennsylvania. He worked for many years at the Glasgow Iron company as a heater. He narrowly escaped the fire at the company on January 2, 1920, which destroyed the mill.

In the 1890's Charles Bechtel was of Pottstown's best-known baseball players. He was a pitcher of the team that traveled all over Eastern Pennsylvania. He worked for many years at the Glasgow Iron company as a heater. He narrowly escaped the fire at the company on January 2, 1920, which destroyed the mill.



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