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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 412 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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village and the See also:county-seat of See also:Schuyler county, New See also:York, U.S.A., at the See also:head (See also:south end) of See also:Seneca See also:Lake, about 22 M. N.N.W. of See also:Elmira. Pop. (189o) 2604; (1900) 2943; (1905) 2957; (1910) 2817. Watkins is served by the New York Central & See also:Hudson See also:River, the See also:Northern Central (See also:Pennsylvania) and the Lehigh Valley See also:railways, by an electric See also:line to Elmira and by a steamer line on the lake. There are See also:mineral springs, whose See also:waters, notably those of an iodo-bromated brine See also:spring, are used in See also:bath treatment for See also:rheumatism, See also:gout, See also:heart, See also:kidney and See also:liver diseases, &c. Partly within the village limits is Watkins Glen, a narrow winding See also:gorge about 2 M. See also:long, with walls and precipices from zoo to 300 ft. high, through which flows a small stream, forming many falls, cascades and pools. The Glen See also:property, about 103 acres, was opened as an excursion resort in 1863, and in 1906 was made a See also:free See also:state See also:reservation or See also:park and was placed in the custody of the See also:American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society. About 3 M. S.E. is See also:Havana Glen, about 14 m. long. The first See also:settlement here was made in 1788, and Watkins was incorporated as a village in 1842.

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