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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 435 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ROCKLAND , a township of See also:

Plymouth See also:county, See also:Massachusetts, U.S.A., about 20 M. S. of See also:Boston. Pop. (1890) 5213; (1900) 5327; (1910 U.S. See also:census) 6928. See also:Area, about to sq. m. It is served by the New See also:York, New Haven & See also:Hartford railway, and by interurban electric railway. Among its manufactures are boots and shoes and tacks. There is a public library (1878). Rockland was erected into a township in 1894, having been previously a See also:part of See also:Abington.

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