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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 461 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MILLBURY  , a township of

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Worcester
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county,
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Massachusetts, on the
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Blackstone
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river, 5 M . S.S.E. of Worcester . Pop . (1890), 4428; (1900) 4460 (1176
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foreign-
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born); (1905,
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state
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census) 4631; (1910) 4740 .
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Area, 15.79 sq. m . Millbury is served by the New
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York, New Haven &
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Hartford, and the
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Boston &
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Albany
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railways, and by electric interurban railways . It lies for the most
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part in the valley of the Blackstone river, from which
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water-
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power is derived for its
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mills; among its manufactures are
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cotton,
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linen,
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felt and woollen goods,
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hemp
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thread, and foundry and
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machine-
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shop products . The
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municipality owns and operates the waterworks and electric-
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lighting plant . Millbury was formed in 1813 from the
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North
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Parish of
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Sutton; in 1851 a part of
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Auburn was annexed to the township .

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