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BRIDGEPORT , a See also:

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

city, a See also:

PORT

port of entry, and one of the 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-seats of See also:

FAIRFIELD

Fairfield county, See also:

CONNECTICUT

Connecticut, U.S.A., co-extensive with the See also:

TOWN

town of Bridgeport, in the S.W. See also:

PART

part of the See also:

state, on See also:

Long See also:

ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

Island See also:

Sound, at the mouth of the Pequonnock See also:

RIVER

river; about 18 m. S.W. of New Haven. Pop. (188o) 27,643; (1890) 48,866; (1900) 70,996, of whom 22,281 were See also:

FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born, including 5974 from See also:

Ireland, 3172 from See also:

Hungary, 2854 from See also:

Germany, 2755 from See also:

England, and 1436 from See also:

Italy; (1910) 102,054. Bridgeport is served by the New See also:

York, New Haven & See also:

HARTFORD

Hartford railway, by lines of See also:

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

coast steamers, and by steamers to New York City and to Port See also:

Jefferson, directly across Long Island Sound. The See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour, formed by the See also:

ESTUARY (from the Lat. aestuarium, a place reached by aestus, the tide)

estuary of the river and Yellow See also:

Mill See also:

Pond, an inlet, is excellent. Between the estuary and the pond is a See also:

peninsula, See also:

East Bridgeport, in which are some of the largest manufacturing establishments, and See also:

west of the harbour and the river is the See also:

main portion of the city, the wholesale See also:

section extending along the See also:

BANK

bank, the See also:

RETAIL

retail section farther back, and numerous factories along the See also:

LINE

line of the railway far to the westward. There are two large parks, See also:

BEARDSLEY, AUBREY VINCENT (1872-1898)

Beardsley, in the extreme See also:

north part of the city, and Seaside, west of the harbour entrance and along the Sound; in the latter are statues of See also:

ELIAS, JOHN (1774-1841)

Elias See also:

Howe, who built a large sewing-See also:

machine factory here in 1863., and of P. T. See also:

BARNUM, PHINEAS TAYLOR (1810-1891)

Barnum, the showman, who lived in Bridgeport after 1846 and did much for the city, especially for East Bridgeport. In Seaside See also:

Park there is also a soldiers' and sailors' See also:

MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument, and in the vicinity are many See also:

FINE

fine residences. The See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal buildings are the St See also:

Vincent's and Bridgeport hospitals, the See also:

PROTESTANT

Protestant See also:

ORPHAN

orphan See also:

asylum, the Barnum See also:

INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

Institute, occupied by the Bridgeport Scientific and See also:

HISTORICAL

Historical Society and the Bridgeport Medical Society; and the See also:

UNITED

United States See also:

government See also:

BUILDING

building, which contains the See also:

POST

post-See also:

OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office and the customs See also:

In 1905 Bridgeport was the principal manufacturing centre in Connecticut, the See also:

capital invested in manufacturing being. $49,381,348, and the products being valued at $44,586,519. The largest See also:

INDUSTRIES

industries were the manufacture of corsets—the product of Bridgeport was 19.9% of the See also:

TOTAL

total for the United States in 1905, Bridgeport being the leading city in this industry—sewing See also:

MACHINES

machines (one of the factories of the See also:

SINGER, SIMEON (1846-1906)

Singer Manufacturing Co. is here), See also:

steam-fitting and See also:

HEATING

heating apparatus, cartridges (the factory of the See also:

Union Metallic See also:

CARTRIDGE (corruption of Fr. cartouche)

Cartridge Co. is here), automobiles, See also:

brass goods, phonographs and gramophones, and typewriters. There are also large foundry and machine shops. Here, too, are the See also:

winter headquarters of " Barnum and See also:

Bailey's See also:

CIRCUS (Lat. circus, Gr. Kipeos or Kptxot, a ring or' circle; probably " circus " and " ring " are of the same origin)

circus " and of " See also:

BUFFALO

Buffalo See also:

BILL

Bill's See also:

WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

Wild West Show." Bridgeport is a port of entry; its imports in 1908 were valued at $656,271. See also:

BRIDGE

Bridge-port was originally a part of the township of See also:

Stratford. The first See also:

settlement here was made in 1659. It was called Pequonnock until 1695, when its name was changed to Stratfield. During the See also:

War of See also:

Independence it was a centre of privateering. In 1800 the See also:

borough of Bridgeport was chartered, and in 1821 the township was incorporated. The city was not chartered until 1836. See S.

Orcutt's See also:

HISTORY

History of the Township of Stratford and the City of Bridgeport (New Haven, 1886).

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