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city of See also:Rock See also:county, See also:Wisconsin, U.S.A., situated on the S. boundary of the See also:state, on Rock See also:river, about 91 M. N.W. of See also:Chicago and about 85 m. S.W. of See also:Milwaukee. Pop. (189o) 6315; (1900) 10,436, of whom 1468 were See also:foreign-See also:born; (1910) 15,125. It is served by the Chicago & See also:North-Western, arid the Chicago, Milwaukee & St See also:Paul See also:railways, and by an inter-See also:urban electric railway to See also:Janesville, Wisconsin and Rock-See also:ford, See also:Illinois. Beloit is attractively situated on high bluffs on both sides of the river. The city is the seat of Beloit See also:College, a co-educational, non-sectarian institution, founded under the auspices of the Congregational and Presbyterian churches in 1847, and having, in 1907–1908, 36 instructors and 430 students. It has classical, philosophical (1874) and scientific (1892) courses; See also:women were first admitted in 1895. The See also:Greek See also:department of the college has supervised since 1895 the public presentation nearly every See also:year of an See also:English version of a Greek See also:play. The river furnishes See also:good See also:water-See also:power, and among the manufactures are See also:wood-working machinery, ploughs, See also:steam pumps, windmills, See also:gas engines, See also:paper-See also:mill machinery, See also:cutlery, See also:flour, ladies' shoes, cyclometers and paper; the See also:total value of the factory product in 1905 was $4,485,224, 6o •2 omorethanin1900. Beloit, founded by New Englanders in 1838, was chartered as a city in 1856.

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