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city and the See also:county-seat of See also:Belknap county, New See also:Hampshire, U.S.A., on both sides of the Winnepesaukee See also:river, 28 m. N.N.E. of See also:Concord. Pop. (1900) 8042 (1770 See also:foreign-See also:born); (191o) ro,183. Laconia is served by two divisions of the See also:Boston & See also:Maine railway, which has a very handsome See also:granite passenger station (1892) and repair shops here. It is pleasantly situated in the See also:lake See also:district of central New Hampshire, and in the summer See also:season Lake Winnisquam on the S. and W. and Lake Winnepesaukee on the N.E. attract many visitors. The city covers an See also:area of 2465 sq. m. (5.47 sq. m. annexed since 1890). Within the city limits, and about 6 m. from its centre, are the 'grounds of the Winnepesaukee See also:Camp-See also:Meeting Association, and the camping See also:place for the See also:annual reunions of the New Hampshire Veterans of the See also:Civil See also:War, both at The Weirs, the northernmost point in the territory claimed by colonial See also:Massachusetts; about 2 M. from the centre of Laconia is Lakeport (pop. 'goo, 2137), which, like The Weirs, is a summer resort and a See also:ward in the city of Laconia. Among the public institutions are the See also:State School for Feeble-minded See also:Children, a cottage See also:hospital and the Laconia Public Library, lodged in the See also:Gale Memorial Library See also:building (1903). Another See also:fine building is the Congregational See also:Church (1906).

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Fish Hatchery is in Laconia. See also:Water-See also:power is furnished by the river. In 1905 Laconia ranked first among the cities of the state in the manufacture of See also:hosiery and knit goods, and the value of these products for the See also:year was 48.4% of the See also:total value of the city's factory product; among its other manufactures are See also:yarn, See also:knitting See also:machines, needles, sashes and blinds, axles, See also:paper boxes, boats, See also:gas and gasolene engines, and See also:freight, passenger and electric cars. The total value of the factory products increased from $2,152,379 in 1900 to $3,096,878 in 1905, or 43'9%. The portion of the city N. of the river, formerly known as See also:Meredith See also:Bridge, was set apart from the See also:town-See also:ship of Meredith and incorporated as a township under the name of Laconia in 1855; a See also:section S. of the river was taken from the township of Gilford in 1874; and Lakeport was added in 1893, when Laconia was chartered as a city. The See also:Frame Laconia was first applied in New See also:England to the region granted in 1629 to See also:Mason and See also:Gorges (see MASON, See also:JOHN).

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