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CORNING , a See also:city of See also:Steuben See also:county, New See also:York, U.S.A., in the S. See also:part of the See also:state, on the Chemung See also:river, 10 m. W.N.W. of See also:Elmira. Pop. (189o) 8550; (1900) 11,o61, of whom 1410 were See also:foreign-See also:born; (1910) 13,730. Corning is served by the See also:Erie, the See also:Delaware, Lackawanna & Western, and the New
York Central & See also:Hudson River See also:railways. Among the See also:principal buildings and institutions are a See also:fine city See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall, a Federal See also:building, a county See also:court See also:house, the Corning See also:hospital, a See also:free public library and St See also:Mary's See also:orphan See also:asylum (See also:Roman See also:Catholic). Corning is one of the principal markets in New York state for See also:tobacco, which is extensively produced in the surrounding See also:country. The principal See also:industry is the making of cut and See also:flint See also:glass, and, of the several extensive See also:plants devoted to this industry, that of the Corning Glass See also:Works is one of the largest in the See also:world. The city also has railway See also:car shops and foundries, and among its manufactures are pressed See also:brick, See also:tile and terra-See also:cotta, See also:papier-mache and See also:lumber. The See also:total value of the factory products in 1905 was $3,083,515, 35'7% more than in 1900. There were settlers on the site of Corning as See also:early as 1789, but it was not until 1848 that it was incorporated as a See also:village under its See also:present name, given in See also:honour of See also:Erastus Corning, the railway builder. Corning was chartered as a city in 189o.
See C. H. M'See also:Master, See also:History of the See also:Settlement of Steuben County (See also:Bath, N.Y., 1853).
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