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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 544 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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WESTFIELD , a township of See also:

Hampden See also:county, See also:Massachusetts, U.S.A., on the Westfield See also:river, about so m. W. of See also:Springfield. Pop. (1890) 9805; (1900) 12,310 (2441 being See also:foreign-See also:born); (1905, See also:state See also:census) 13,611; (19ro) 16,044. It is served by the New See also:York, New Haven & See also:Hartford and the See also:Boston.& See also:Albany See also:railways, and is connected with Springfield, See also:Holyoke and See also:Huntington by electric lines. The township lies in and on either See also:side of a deep alluvial valley, 6-7 m. See also:long from See also:east to See also:west and 2-3 M. wide, and includes the large See also:village of Westfield and the small villages of East Farms, Mundale, See also:Middle Farms, Little River, West Farms and Wyben. In the township are the Westfield State Normal School (1844), the Westfield Atheneum (incorporated in 1864), which in 1910 had a library of 25,000 volumes, and the See also:Noble See also:hospital (1893). Westfield See also:Academy, a famous secondary school, chartered in 1793 and opened in 1800, was closed in 1866 and its See also:building and grounds were sold in 1877 to the township for a public high school. Woronoco See also:Park (200 acres), in the western See also:part of the township, is a See also:tract of See also:great natural beauty. West-See also:field manufactures more whips than any other See also:place in the See also:United States, the factory of the United States See also:Whip See also:Company being one of the largest in the See also:world; this See also:industry was begun here See also:early in the 19th See also:century. Other important manufactures are foundry and See also:machine-See also:shop products, See also:paper, See also:thread and bicycles. In 1905 the value of the factory product was $5,818,130, an increase of 31% since 1900.

A trading See also:

post, known by the See also:Indian name Woronoco (or Woronoko), was established here about 1640. In 1669 the township, which had previously been part of Springfield, was erected under its See also:present name—it was then the westernmost township in Massachusetts. See also:Land was added to it in 1713, and parts were taken from it to add to Southwick (1770 and 1779), to See also:Montgomery (1780), to See also:Russell (1792), and to West Springfield (1802). See See also:James C. See also:Greenough, " The See also:Town of Westfield, " in vol. ii. (pp. 317–456) of A See also:History of Hampden County, Massachusetts (3 vols., 1902), edited by See also:Alfred M. See also:Copeland; and See also:John Alden, History of Westfield (Springfield, 1851). WESTGATE-ON-See also:SEA, a watering-place in the Isle of See also:Thanet See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Kent, See also:England, 2 M. W. by S. of See also:Margate on the See also:South-Eastern & See also:Chatham railway. Pop. (1901) 2738.

It is of See also:

modern growth and noted for its healthy See also:climate. Facing the sea there are gardens and promenades over 1 m. in length, and there is a marine drive along the See also:top of the cliffs. There are also See also:golf links and other appointments of a popular resort. BIRC11INGTON, immediately to the west (pop. 2128), is also a growing resort. The See also:church of All See also:Saints is Perpendicular, with an Early See also:English See also:tower, and contains some interesting monuments.

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