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EAU CLAIRE
, a See also:city and the See also:county-seat of Eau Claire county, See also:Wisconsin, U.S.A., on the Chippewa See also:river, at the mouth of the Eau Claire, about 87 m
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E. of St See also:Paul
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Pop
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(189o) 17,415; (1900) 17,517, of whom 4996 were See also:foreign-See also:born; (1910 See also:census) 18,31o
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It is served by the See also:Chicago & See also:North-Western, the Chicago, See also:Milwaukee & St Paul, and the Wisconsin Central See also:railways, and is connected by an electric See also:line with Chippewa Falls (12 M. distant)
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The city has a See also:Carnegie library with 17,200 volumes in 1908, a Federal See also:building, county See also:court See also:house, normal school and insane See also:asylum
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It has abundant See also:water-See also:power, and is an important See also:lumber manufacturing centre; among its other manufactures are See also:flour, wooden-See also:ware, agricultural machinery, saw-See also: |
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