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KEWANEE , a city ofSee also: Henry county,
See also: Illinois, U.S.A., in the N
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W. See also: part of the See also: state, about 55 M
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N. by W. of See also: Peoria
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Pop
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(1900), 8382, of whom 2006 were See also: foreign-See also: born; (1910 census), 9307
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It is served by the See also: Chicago See also: Burlington & See also: Quincy railroad and by the See also: Galesburg & Kewanee Electric railway
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Among its manufactures are foundry and machine-See also: shop products, boilers, carriages and wagons, agricultural implements, See also: pipe and fittings, working-men's gloves, &c
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In 1905 the See also: total factory product was valued at $6,729,381, or 6r.5% more than in 1900
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Kewanee was settled in 1836 by See also: people from See also: Wethersfield, See also: Connecticut, and was first chartered as a city in 1897
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