Online Encyclopedia

Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.

WAUKEGAN

Online Encyclopedia

Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 423 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

» Make a correction to this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.

Encyclopedia Home :: WAT-WIL

Spread the word:

del.icio.us it!

WAUKEGAN , 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:

Lake county, See also:

ILLINOIS

Illinois, U.S.A., on the W. See also:

SHORE

shore of Lake See also:

Michigan, about 36 M. N. of See also:

Chicago. Pop. (189o) 4915; (1900) 9426, of whom 2506 were See also:

FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born; (1910 See also:

CENSUS (from Lat. censere, to estimate or assess; connected by some with centum, i.e. a count by hundreds)

census) 16,069. It is served by the See also:

ELGIN

Elgin, See also:

JOLIET

Joliet & Eastern (of which it is a See also:

TERMINUS

terminus) and the Chicago & See also:

North Western See also:

RAILWAYS

railways, by an interurban electric See also:

LINE

line, and by lake steamers. In 188o the See also:

UNITED

United States See also:

government under-took the formation of an artificial 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 with a channel 13 ft. deep, and in 1902—1904 the See also:

DEPTH

depth was increased to 20 ft. The See also:

main portion of the city is situated about See also:

LOO (formerly called " Lanterloo," Fr. lanturlu, the refrain of a popular 17th-century song)

loo ft. above the level of the lake. There are a number of parks and See also:

MINERAL

mineral springs, and along the lake front a See also:

FINE

fine driveway, See also:

Sheridan Road. The city is a residential suburb of Chicago. The See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal buildings are the Federal See also:

BUILDING

building, the See also:

Court See also:

House, a See also:

Carnegie library, the Masonic See also:

Temple and McAlister See also:

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

Hospital. At the See also:

VILLAGE

village of North Chicago (pop. in 1910, 3306), about 3 M. S. of Waukegan, there is a United States See also:

NAVAL

Naval Training Station.

Waukegan is the commercial centre of an agricultural and dairying region, and has various manufactures. The See also:

TOTAL

total value of the factory product in 1905 was $3,961,513. Waukegan was settled about 1835, and until 1849 was known as Little Fort, which is supposed to be the See also:

ENGLISH

English See also:

EQUIVALENT

equivalent of the See also:

INDIAN

Indian name Waukegan. It became the county-seat of Lake county in 1841, was incorporated as a See also:

TOWN

town in 1849, and first chartered as a city in 1859.

End of Article: WAUKEGAN

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.

» Add information or comments to this article.

Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click, and select "copy." Then paste it into your website, email, or other HTML.

Site content, images, and layout Copyright © 2006 - Net Industries, worldwide.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.

Links to articles and home page are always encouraged.

[back]
WAUGH, EDWIN (1817-1890)

[next]
WAUKESHA