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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 356 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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ARCHBALD , a See also:

BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)

borough of Lackawanna See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, See also:

Pennsylvania, U.S.A., in the N.E. See also:

PART

part of the See also:

state, 10 m. N.E. of See also:

SCRANTON

Scranton. Pop. (189o) 4032; (1900) 5396; (1869 See also:

FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born); (191o) 7194. It is served by the See also:

DELAWARE

Delaware & See also:

Hudson, and the New See also:

York, See also:

Ontario & Western See also:

RAILWAYS

railways, and by an interurban electric See also:

LINE

line. It is about 900 ft. above See also:

sea-level; in the vicinity are extensive deposits of See also:

ANTHRACITE (Gr. avOpaE, coal)

anthracite See also:

COAL

coal, the See also:

MINING

mining and breaking of which is the See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry; See also:

SILK

silk throwing and See also:

WEAVING

weaving is another industry of the borough. At Archbald is a large glacial " pot hole," about 20 ft. in See also:

DIAMETER (from the Cr. &a, through, µErpov, measure)

diameter and 40 ft. in See also:

DEPTH

depth. See also:

Arch-bald, named in See also:

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of See also:

James Archbald, formerly See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief engineer of the Delaware & Hudson railway, was a part of Blakely township (incorporated in 1818) until 1877, when it became a borough.

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