GLENS FALLS  , a

village of Warren county, New York, U.S.A., 55 M . N. of Troy, on the Hudson river . Pop . (189o) 9509; (1900) 12,613, of whom 1762 were foreign-born; (1910 census) 15,243 . Glens Falls is served by the Delaware & Hudson and the Hudson Valley (electric) railways . The village contains a state armoury, the Crandall free public library, a Y.M.C.A. building, the Park hospital, an old ladies' home, and St Mary's (Roman Catholic) and Glens Falls (non-sectarian) academies . There are two private parks, open to the public, and a water-works system is maintained by the village . An iron bridge crosses the river just below the falls, connecting Glens Falls and South Glens Falls (pop. in 191o, 2247) . The falls of the Hudson here furnish a fine water-power, which is utilized, in connexion with steam and electricity, in the manufacture of lumber, paper and wood pulp, women's clothing, shirts, collars and cuffs, &c . In 1905 the village's factory products were valued at $4,780,331 . About 12 M. above Glens Falls, on the Hudson, a massive stone dam has been erected; here electric power, distributed to a large area, is generated . In the neighbourhood of Glens Falls are valuable quarries of black marble and limestone, and lime, plaster and Portland cement works .

Glens Falls was settled about the

close of the French and Indian War (1763), and was incorporated as a village in 1839 .