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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 80 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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city of See also:Union See also:county, New See also:Jersey, U.S.A., in the See also:north-See also:east of the See also:state, about 21 M. W. of New See also:York City. Pop. (1900) 5302, of whom x397 were See also:foreign-See also:born; (1905) 6845; (1910) 7500. It is served by the See also:Morris & See also:Essex and the See also:Passaic & See also:Delaware divisions of Delaware, Lackawanna & Western railroad, and by the See also:Rahway Valley railroad extending to Roselle, 9 M. distant. Summit is picturesquely situated on the See also:crest of a See also:ridge called Second See also:Mountain, with a mean See also:elevation of 450 ft. It is a residential suburb of New York, and attracts a number of summer residents. Among its institutions are a public library (1874), a See also:home for See also:blind See also:children, the Overlook See also:hospital and the See also:Kent See also:Place school (1894) for girls. On See also:Hobart See also:Hill there is a See also:monument marking the site of a See also:beacon See also:light and a See also:signal See also:gun used during the See also:War of See also:Independence. Summit was incorporated as a township in 1869 from parts of the townships at See also:Springfield and New See also:Providence, and was chartered as a city in 189q.

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