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TONAWANDA
, a See also:city of See also:Erie See also:county, New See also:York, U.S.A., about II m. by See also:rail N. of See also:Buffalo on the See also:Niagara See also:River at the mouth of Tonawanda See also:Creek (opposite See also:North Tonawanda),
and on the Erie See also:Canal
.
Pop
.
(1900), 7421, of whom 1834 were
See also:foreign-See also:born; (1910 See also:census), 8290
.
Tonawanda is served
by the New York Central & See also:Hudson River and the Erie See also:railways, and is connected with Buffalo, Niagara Falls and See also:Lockport by electric lines
.
The See also:industries depend chiefly on electric See also:power generated by the Niagara Falls, 11 m. distant
.
There are See also:rolling-See also:mills, planing-mills, See also:ship-yards, and blast-furnaces, and among the manufactures are wooden See also:ware, See also:flour and See also:paper
.
The surrounding region was the See also:scene of hostilities during the Seven Years' See also:War, and the War of 1812
.
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