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CANAL DOVER

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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 171 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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CANAL See also:
DOVER
DOVER, GEORGE JAMES WELBORE
DOVER, HENRY JERMYN, EARL OF (c. 1636-1708)
DOVER, ROBERT (1575-1641)
DOVER , a See also:

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

city of Tuscarawas 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:

OHIO

Ohio, U.S.A., on the Tuscarawas See also:

RIVER

river, about 70 in. S. by E. of See also:

Cleveland. Pop. (1890) 3470; (1900) 5422 (939 See also:

FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born); (191o) 6621. It is served by the See also:

Baltimore & Ohio and the See also:

Pennsylvania See also:

RAILWAYS

railways, and by the Ohio canal, and is connected with Cleveland by an inter-See also:

urban electric See also:

LINE

line. It lies on a See also:

plateau about 88o ft. above See also:

sea-level and commands pleasant views of diversified scenery. See also:

COAL

Coal and See also:

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

iron ore abound in the vicinity, and the city manufactures iron, See also:

STEEL, FLORA ANNIE (1847– )

steel, See also:

TIN (Lat.- stannum, whence the chemical symbol " Sn "; atomic weight =117.6, 0=16)

tin See also:

PLATE

plate, See also:

electrical and See also:

TELEPHONE (Gr. rjXs, far, and dxwvr7, voice)

telephone supplies, shovels, boilers, See also:

leather, See also:

FLOUR

flour, 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 and See also:

TILE (0. Eng. tigel, Fr. tuile, connected with Lat. tegula)

tile, See also:

salt, See also:

FURNITURE (from " furnish," Fr. fournir)

furniture and several kinds of vehicles. The See also:

MUNICIPALITY

municipality owns and operates its See also:

WATER

water-See also:

WORKS

works. Canal Dover was laid out as a See also:

TOWN

town in 1807, and was incorporated as a See also:

VILLAGE

village in 184.2, but its See also:

CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

charter was soon allowed to See also:

LAPSE (Lat. lapses, a slip or departure)

lapse and was not revived until 1867. Canal Dover became a city under the Ohio municipal See also:

CODE (Lat. codex)

code of 1903.

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