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BRADFORD , a See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of McKean 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., near the N. border of the See also:

state, about 8o m. E. by S. of See also:

ERIE

Erie. Pop. (1890) 10,514; (1900) 15,029, of whom 2211 were See also:

FOREIGN

foreign See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born; (1910 See also:

CENSUS (from Lat. censere, to estimate or assess; connected by some with centum, i.e. a count by hundreds)

census) 14,544. It is served by the Pennsylvania,-the Erie, and the See also:

BUFFALO

Buffalo, See also:

Rochester & See also:

Pittsburg See also:

RAILWAYS

railways; and is connected with See also:

OLEAN

Olean, New See also:

York, by an electric See also:

LINE

line. Bradford is situated 1427 ft. above See also:

sea-level in the valley of the Tuna, and is shut in by hills on either See also:

side. Since 1876 it has been one of the most important oil centres of the state, and it has been connected by See also:

PIPE

pipe lines with cities along the See also:

ATLANTIC

Atlantic See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast; See also:

PETROLEUM (Lat. Petra, rock, and oleuin, oil)

petroleum refining is an important 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. Among the city's manufactures are boilers, See also:

MACHINES

machines, See also:

glass, chemicals, terra See also:

cotta, See also:

BRICK (derived according to some etymologists from the Teutonic bricke, a disk or plate; but more authoritatively, through the French brique, originally a " broken piece," applied especially to bread, and so to clay, from the Teutonic brikan, to break)

brick, See also:

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron pipes and couplings, See also:

GAS

gas engines, See also:

CUTLERY (Fr. coutellerie, from the Lat. cultellus, a little knife)

cutlery and See also:

SILK

silk. The See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place was first settled about 1827; in 1838 it was laid out as a See also:

TOWN

town and named See also:

Littleton; in 1858 the See also:

PRESENT

present name, 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:

William Bradford (1755-1795), was substituted; and Bradford was incorporated as a See also:

borough in 1873, and was chartered as a city in 1879. See also:

KENDALL, HENRY CLARENCE (1841-1882)

Kendall borough was annexed to Bradford in 1893.

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