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BELLAIRE

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 694 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BELLAIRE , a See also:

city of See also:Belmont See also:county, See also:Ohio, U.S.A., on the Ohio See also:river, 5 M. S. of See also:Wheeling, See also:West See also:Virginia. Pop. (1890) 9934; (19o0) 9912 (1159 See also:foreign-See also:born); (1910) 12,946. It is served by the See also:Baltimore & Ohio, the See also:Pennsylvania, and the Ohio River & Western See also:railways. Bellaire is the See also:shipping centre of the Belmont county coalfield which in 1907 produced 19'3 % of the See also:total output of See also:coal for the See also:state. See also:Iron, See also:limestone and See also:fire-See also:clay are found in the vicinity; among the manufactures are iron and See also:steel, See also:glass, galvanized and enamelled See also:ware, agricultural implements and stoves. The value of the city's factory products increased from $8,837,646 in 1900 to $10,712,438 in 1905, or 21.2 %. Bellaire was settled about 1795, was laid out in 1836, was incorporated as a See also:village in 1858, and was chartered as a city in 1874.

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