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PASSAIC
, a See also:city of Passaic See also:county, New See also:Jersey, U.S.A., at the See also:head of See also:navigation on the Passaic See also:river, 5 M
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SS.E. of See also: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 See also: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 See also:plain occupied chiefly by factories, for which See also:water-See also:power is furnished by the river and a See also:canal; the See also: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: 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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