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ATLANTIC See also:CITY , a city of Atlantic See also:county, New See also:Jersey, U.S.A., on the Atlantic Ocean, 58 m. S.E. of See also:Philadelphia and 137 M. S. by W. of New See also:York. Pop. (189o) 13,055; (1900) 27,838, of whom 6513 were of See also:negro descent and 3189 were See also:foreign-See also:born; (1910 See also:census) 46,15o. It is served by the Atlantic City (Philadelphia & See also:Reading) and the See also:West Jersey & Seashore (See also:Pennsylvania See also:system) See also:railways. Atlantic City is the largest and most popular all-the-See also:year-See also:round resort in the See also:United States, and has numerous See also:fine hotels. The city extends for 3 M. along a See also:low sandy See also:island (Absecon See also:Beach), 10 m. See also:long by m. wide, separated from the mainland by a narrow See also:strip of See also:salt See also:water and 4 or 5 M. of salt marshes, partly covered with water at highest See also:storm See also:tide. There are See also:good bathing, boating, sailing, fishing and See also:wild-See also:fowl See also:shooting. A " See also:Board Walk " stretches along the beach for about 5 m.—the newest See also:part of it is of concrete—and along or near this walk are the largest hotels, and numerous shops, and places of amusement; from the walk into the ocean extend several long piers. Other features of the See also:place are the broad driveway (Atlantic See also:Avenue) and an auto-See also:mobile See also:boulevard. There are several seaside sanitoriums and hospitals, including the Atlantic City See also:hospital, the See also:Mercer Memorial See also:home, and the See also:Children's Seashore home.

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north end of the beach is Absecon Lighthouse, 16o ft. high. The See also:municipality owns the water-See also:works. Oysters are dredged here and are shipped hence in large quantities. There was a See also:settlement of fishermen on the island in the latter part of the 18th See also:century. In 1852 a See also:movement was made to develop it as a seaside resort for Philadelphia, and after the completion of the See also:Camden & Atlantic City railway in 1854 the growth of the place was rapid. A heavy loss occurred by See also:fire on the 3rd of See also:April 1902.

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