The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has 51 miles of coastline along Lake Erie and 57 miles of shoreline along the Delaware Estuary. Philadelphia is home to a major seaport and shipyards on the Delaware River.Pennsylvania has been known as the Quaker State since 1776. Pennsylvania has also been known as the Keystone State since 1802. Philadelphia in the southeast corner and Pittsburgh in the southwest corner are urban manufacturing centers, with the "t-shaped" remainder of the state being much more rural this dichotomy affects state politics as well as the state economy.Pennsylvania ranks 19th overall in agricultural production, but 3rd in christmas trees and layer chickens, 4th in nursery and sod, milk, corn for silage, and horse production.

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