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CANANDAIGUA
, a See also:village and the See also:county-seat of See also:Ontario county, New See also:York, U.S.A., 30 M
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S.E. of See also:Rochester
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Pop
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(1890) 5868; (1900) 6151; (1910) 7217
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It is served by the New York Central and See also:Hudson See also:River, and the See also:North-ern Central (See also:Pennsylvania See also:system) See also:railways, and is connected with Rochester by an inter-See also:urban electric See also:line
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Among the manufactures are pressed bricks, See also:tile, See also:beer, ploughs, See also:flour, See also:agate and See also:tin-See also:ware
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The village,-picturesquely situated at the north end of Canandaigua See also:Lake, a beautiful See also:sheet of See also:water about 15 M. See also:long with a breadth varying from a mile to a mile and a See also:half, is a summer resort
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It has a county See also:court See also:house; the Canandaigua See also:hospital of physicians and surgeons; the See also:Frederick Ferris See also:Thompson memorial hospital, with a bacteriological laboratory supported by the county; the See also:Clark See also:Manor House (a county See also:home for the aged), given by Mrs Frederick Ferris Thompson in memory of her See also:mother and of her See also:father, See also:Myron Holley Clark (18o6–1892), See also:president of the village of Canandaigua in 1850–1851 and See also:governor of New York in 1855–1857; the Ontario See also:Orphan See also:Asylum; Canandaigua See also:Academy; See also:Granger See also:Place school for girls; Brigham See also:
A village of the See also:Seneca See also:Indians, near the See also:present Canandaigua, bearing the same name, which means " a See also:settlement was formerly there " (not, as See also:Lewis See also:Morgan thought, " chosen spot "), was destroyed by Gen
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