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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 650 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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KANE  , a

borough of McKean county, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., about 90 M . E.S.E. of
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Erie . Pop . (189o), 2944; (1900), 5296, (971
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foreign-born); (1910) 6626 . It is served by the Pennsylvania, the Baltimore &
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Ohio, the Kane &
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Elk, and the Big Level & Kinzua
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railways . It is situated about 2015 ft. above the sea in a region producing natural
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gas, oil,
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lumber and
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silica, and has some reputation as a summer resort . The borough has manufactories of window glass,
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plate glass and bottles, and repair shops of the Pennsylvania railroad . Kane was settled in 1859, and was incorporated as a borough in 1887 . It was named in honour of its founder Gen . Thomas L . Kane (1822–' 1883),
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brother of Elisha Kent Kane .

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