REDUCTION, Pa. -- "The Town That Garbage Built" is up for sale for $1.5 million. A family that has owned the Village of Reduction for nearly 70 years has decided to divest itself of the 75-acre property. The village once was home to about 400 employees of the American Reduction Company, which processed tons of garbage a day from Pittsburgh. The property once was described in a newspaper headline as "The Town That Garbage Built."
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