Online Encyclopedia

Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.

BEAVER DAM

Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 601 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
» Make a correction to this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Spread the word: del.icio.us del.icio.us it!

See also:

BEAVER See also:DAM , a See also:city of See also:Dodge See also:county, See also:Wisconsin, U.S.A., situated in the S.E. See also:part of the See also:state, 63 m. N.W. of See also:Milwaukee, on Beaver See also:Lake, which is 9 M. See also:long and 3 M. wide. Pop. (189o) 4222; (1900) 5128, of whom 1023 were See also:foreign-See also:born; (1905) 5615; (1910) 6758. Most of the See also:population is of See also:German descent. Beaver Dam is served by the See also:Chicago, Milwaukee & St See also:Paul railway. The city is a summer resort, has a public library, and is the seat of See also:Wayland See also:Academy (1855, Baptist), a co-educational preparatory school affiliated with the university of Chicago. Beaver Dam is situated in the midst of a See also:fine farming See also:country; it has a See also:good See also:water-See also:power derived from Beaver Lake, and among its manufactures are woollen and See also:cotton goods, malleable See also:iron, foundry products, gasolene engines, agricultural implements, stoves and See also:beer. The city was first settled about 1841, and was incorporated in 1856.

End of Article: BEAVER DAM

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click, and select "copy." Then paste it into your website, email, or other HTML.
Site content, images, and layout Copyright © 2006 - Net Industries, worldwide.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.

Links to articles and home page are always encouraged.

[back]
BEAVER (from Fr. baviere, a child's bib, from bane,... 		[next]
BEAVER FALLS

Site © 2006 - Net Industries