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born, many being Slays); (191o) 6197. Freeland is served by the Lehigh Valley railway and by electric railway to Upper Lehigh (1 m. distant, served by the Central Railroad of New See also:

Jersey) and to other neighbouring places. The borough is built on Broad See also:

Mountain, nearly 2000 ft. above See also:

sea-level, and the See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief 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 is the See also:

MINING

mining of See also:

COAL

coal at the numerous surrounding collieries. Freeland is the seat of the Mining and See also:

MECHANICAL

Mechanical See also:

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

Institute of the See also:

ANTHRACITE (Gr. avOpaE, coal)

Anthracite Region, chartered in 1894, modelled after the See also:

German Steigerschulen, with elementary and secondary departments and a See also:

NIGHT

night school for workmen. The borough has foundries and See also:

machine shops of considerable importance, and manufactures See also:

SILK

silk, overalls, See also:

BEER

beer and hames. Freeland was first settled about 1842, was laid out in 187o, and was incorporated in 1876.

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