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LOCK (from the O. Eng. loc.; the word appears, in different forms, in many Teutonic languages, but with such various meanings as " hole," Ger. Loch, " lid," Swed. lock, &c.; probably the original was a root meaning " to enclose ")
LOCK, MATTHIAS

LOCK HAVEN , a See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city and the See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county-seat of See also:

Clinton county, See also:

Pennsylvania, U.S.A., on the See also:

west See also:

BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the Susquehanna See also:

RIVER

river, near the mouth of Bald See also:

EAGLE (Fr. aigle, from the Lat. aquila)

Eagle See also:

Creek, about 70 M. N.N.W. of See also:

HARRISBURG

Harrisburg. Pop. (1900) 7210 (618 See also:

FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born and 122 negroes); (191o) 7772. It is served by branches of the Pennsylvania and the New See also:

York Central & See also:

Hudson River See also:

RAILWAYS

railways and by electric interurban railways. The city is pleasantly situated in an agricultural region, and there are large deposits of See also:

CEMENT (from Lat. caementum, rough pieces of stone, a shortened form of caedimentum, from caedere, to cut)

cement and of See also:

FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire-See also:

BRICK (derived according to some etymologists from the Teutonic bricke, a disk or plate; but more authoritatively, through the French brique, originally a " broken piece," applied especially to bread, and so to clay, from the Teutonic brikan, to break)

brick See also:

clay in the vicinity. Lock Haven is the seat of the Central See also:

State Normal School (opened 1877), and has a public library and a See also:

HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital. There are various manufactures. The See also:

MUNICIPALITY

municipality owns and operates the See also:

WATER

water-See also:

WORKS

works. The locality was settled in 1769. A See also:

TOWN

town was founded in 1833, the Pennsylvania See also:

Canal (no longer in use here) was completed to this point in 1834, and the name of the See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place was suggested by two canal locks and the See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour, or haven, for rafts in the river. Lock Haven was made the county-seat immediately after the erection of Clinton county in 1839, was incorporated as a See also:

borough in 1840, and first chartered as a city in 187o.

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