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WAUKEGAN , a See also:city and the See also:county-seat of See also:Lake county, See also:Illinois, U.S.A., on the W. See also:shore of Lake See also:Michigan, about 36 M . N. of See also:Chicago . Pop . (189o) 4915; (1900) 9426, of whom 2506 were See also:foreign-See also:born; (1910 See also:census) 16,069 . It is served by the See also:Elgin, See also:Joliet & Eastern (of which it is a See also:terminus) and the Chicago & See also:North Western See also:railways, by an interurban electric See also:line, and by lake steamers . In 188o the See also:United States See also:government under-took the formation of an artificial See also:harbour with a channel 13 ft. deep, and in 1902—1904 the See also:depth was increased to 20 ft . The See also:main portion of the city is situated about See also:loo ft. above the level of the lake . There are a number of parks and See also:mineral springs, and along the lake front a See also:fine driveway, See also:Sheridan Road . The city is a residential suburb of Chicago . The See also:principal buildings are the Federal See also:building, the See also:Court See also:House, a See also:Carnegie library, the Masonic See also:Temple and McAlister See also:Hospital . At the See also:village of North Chicago (pop. in 1910, 3306), about 3 M . S. of Waukegan, there is a United States See also:Naval Training Station . Waukegan is the commercial centre of an agricultural and dairying region, and has various manufactures . The See also:total value of the factory product in 1905 was $3,961,513 . Waukegan was settled about 1835, and until 1849 was known as Little Fort, which is supposed to be the See also:English See also:equivalent of the See also:Indian name Waukegan . It became the county-seat of Lake county in 1841, was incorporated as a See also:town in 1849, and first chartered as a city in 1859 . |
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