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PASSAIC , a city of Passaic county, NewSee also: Jersey, U.S.A., at the See also: head of navigation on the Passaic See also: river, 5 M
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SS.E. of Paterson
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(Pop
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(189o), 13,028; (1900), 27,777, of whom 12,900 were See also: foreign-See also: born; (1910 census), 54,773
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Passaic is served by the See also: Erie and the See also: Delaware, Lackawana & Western See also: railways
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The See also: east See also: part of the city is a plain occupied chiefly by factories, for which See also: water-power is furnished by the river and a canal; the west part, which is almost wholly residential, extends over hills which command excellent views
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Among the See also: principal buildings are the city See also: hall, and the Jane
See also: Watson See also: Reid Memorial Library
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The city's factory products increased in value from $12,804,805 in 190o to $22,782,725 in 1905, or 77.9%
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About one-See also: half of the value in 1905 was in worsteds, cottons and woollens; other important manufactures are See also: rubber goods and electrical supplies
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There are large vineyards near the city
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A See also: settlement was established here by the Dutch in 1679, and was called Acquackanonk or Paterson Landing until the See also: middle of the loth century
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Passaic was incorporated as a See also: village in 1869, and in 1873 was chartered as a city
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See W . J . Pape and W . W . See also: Scott, The See also: News See also: History of Passaic (Passaic, 1899)
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