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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 456 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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town of See also:Morris See also:county, New See also:Jersey, U.S.A., on the Rockaway See also:river and the Morris See also:canal, about 40 M. by See also:rail W.N.W. of See also:Hoboken. Pop. (1900) 5938, of whom 947 were See also:foreign-See also:born; (1905) 6353; (1910) 7468. The See also:area of the town is 1.72 sq. m. Dover is at the junction of the See also:main See also:line and the Morris & See also:Essex See also:division of the See also:Delaware, Lackawanna & Western railway (which has large repair shops here), and is also served by the High See also:Bridge See also:branch of the Central of New Jersey, and by an electric line connecting with neighbouring towns. The town is situated about 570 ft. above See also:sea-level. See also:Building See also:stone, used extensively for railway See also:bridges, and See also:iron ore abound in the vicinity. The river furnishes See also:good See also:water-See also:power, and the town has various manufactures, including stoves and ranges, boilers, See also:bar iron, rivets, See also:steel castings, See also:rock drills, See also:air compressors, See also:silk See also:hose and underwear, organzine or thrown silk, and overalls. The water-See also:works are owned by the town, water being obtained from See also:wells varying in See also:depth from 193 to 213 ft. Dover was settled as See also:early as 1748, and was separated from See also:Randolph township and incorporated as a town in 1869.

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