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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 900 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HAMMOND , a See also:

city of See also:Lake See also:county, See also:Indiana, U.S.A., about 18 m. S.E. of the business centre of See also:Chicago, on the See also:Grand See also:Calumet See also:river. Pop. (189o), 5428; (1900) 12,376, of whom 3156 were See also:foreign-See also:born; (191o, See also:census) 20,925. It is served by no fewer than eight See also:railways approaching Chicago from the See also:east, and by several See also:belt lines. As far as its See also:industries are concerned, it is a See also:part of Chicago, to which fact it owes its rapid growth and its extensive manufacturing establishments, which include slaughtering and packing houses, See also:iron and See also:steel See also:works, chemical works, piano, See also:wagon and See also:carriage factories, See also:printing establishments, See also:flour and See also:starch See also:mills, See also:glue works, breweries and distilleries. In 'goo Hammond was the See also:principal slaughtering and See also:meat-packing centre of the See also:state, but subsequently a large See also:establishment removed from the city, and Hammond's See also:total factory product (all industries) decreased from $25,070,551 in 1900 to $7,671,203 in 19o5; after 1905 there was renewed growth in the city's manufacturing interests. It has a See also:good See also:water-See also:supply See also:system which is owned by the city. Hammond was first settled about 1868, was named in See also:honour of Abram A. Hammond (acting See also:governor of the state in 186o–1861) and was chartered as a city in 1883.

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