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GLENS FALLS

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 121 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GLENS FALLS , a See also:

village of See also:Warren See also:county, New See also:York, U.S.A., 55 M. N. of See also:Troy, on the See also:Hudson See also:river. Pop. (189o) 9509; (1900) 12,613, of whom 1762 were See also:foreign-See also:born; (1910 See also:census) 15,243. Glens Falls is served by the See also:Delaware & Hudson and the Hudson Valley (electric) See also:railways. The village contains a See also:state armoury, the See also:Crandall See also:free public library, a Y.M.C.A. See also:building, the See also:Park See also:hospital, an old ladies' See also:home, and St See also:Mary's (See also:Roman See also:Catholic) and Glens Falls (non-sectarian) See also:academies. There are two private parks, open to the public, and a See also:water-See also:works See also:system is maintained by the village. An See also:iron See also:bridge crosses the river just below the falls, connecting Glens Falls and See also:South Glens Falls (pop. in 191o, 2247). The falls of the Hudson here furnish a See also:fine water-See also:power, which is utilized, in connexion with See also:steam and See also:electricity, in the manufacture of See also:lumber, See also:paper and See also:wood pulp, See also:women's clothing, shirts, collars and cuffs, &c. In 1905 the village's factory products were valued at $4,780,331. About 12 M. above Glens Falls, on the Hudson, a massive See also:stone See also:dam has been erected; here electric power, distributed to a large See also:area, is generated. In the neighbourhood of Glens Falls are valuable quarries of See also:black See also:marble and See also:limestone, and See also:lime, See also:plaster and See also:Portland See also:cement works.

Glens Falls was settled about the See also:

close of the See also:French and See also:Indian See also:War (1763), and was incorporated as a village in 1839.

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