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power through the railway's Hudson river tunnels. The town has an extensive river-front, along which are many of its manufactories; among their products are steam-pumps, See also:

STEEL, FLORA ANNIE (1847– )

steel, See also:

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron, machinery, See also:

ROLLER

roller See also:

BEARINGS

bearings, See also:

brass tubing, iron and brass castings, marine engines, hoisting engines, See also:

metal novelties, dry batteries, electric lamps, See also:

concrete blocks, See also:

cotton See also:

THREAD (0. Eng. praed, literally, that which is twisted, prawan, to twist, to throw, cf. " throwster," a silk-winder, Ger. drehen, to twist, turn, Du. draad, Ger. Draht, thread, wire)

thread, See also:

WIRE (A.S. wir, a wire; cf. Swed. vire, to twist, M.H.G. wiere, a gold ornament, Lat. viriae, armlets, ultimately from the root wi, to twist, bind)

wire See also:

CLOTH

cloth, See also:

leather, trunks, See also:

BEER

beer, barrels, See also:

LUMBER

lumber, inks and See also:

CUTLERY (Fr. coutellerie, from the Lat. cultellus, a little knife)

cutlery. The factory product in 1905 was valued at $8,408,924. The town is governed by a See also:

mayor and a See also:

COMMON

common See also:

COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council. Harrison was settled toward the See also:

close of the 17th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, and for many years constituted the S. portion of the township of See also:

LODI

Lodi. In 1840, however, it was set off from Lodi and named in See also:

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of See also:

PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

President See also:

William See also:

Henry Harrison, and in 1873 it was incorporated. Harrison originally included what is now the town of See also:

Kearny (q.v.).

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