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MECHANICVILLE , a See also:village of See also:Saratoga See also:county, New See also:York, U.S.A., on the See also:west See also:bank of the See also:Hudson See also:River, about 20 M. N. of See also:Albany; on the See also:Delaware & Hudson and See also:Boston & See also:Maine See also:railways. Pop. (1900), 4695 (702 See also:foreign-See also:born); (1905, See also:state See also:census), 5877; (1910) 6,634. It lies partly within Stillwater and partly within See also:Half-See also:Moon townships, in the bottom-lands at the mouth of the See also:Anthony Kill, about 11 m. S. of the mouth of the Hoosick River. On the See also:north and See also:south are hills reaching a maximum height of 200 ft. There is ample See also:water See also:power, and there are manufactures of See also:paper, See also:sash and blinds, fibre, &c. From a See also:dam here power iS derived for the See also:General Electric See also:Company at See also:Schenectady. The first See also:settlement in this vicinity was made in what is now Half-Moon township about 1680. Mechanicville (originally called Burrow) was chartered by the county See also:court in 1859, and incorporated as a village in 187o. It was the birthplace of See also:Colonel See also:Ephraim Elmer See also:Ellsworth (1837-1861), the first Federal officer to lose his See also:life in the See also:Civil See also:War. Additional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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