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ID: 7014489
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7014489
Record Type:
administrative
Schenectady (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 42 48 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 42.8000
decimal degrees
Long: 073 56 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -73.9333
decimal degrees
Note:
Located on Mohawk river; was settled by Arent van Curler in 17th cen.; destroyed by Amerindian raid in 1690, but rebuilt; expanded in 19th cen. with arrival of railroad; became major center for locomotive building & electrical industry.
Names:
Schenectady
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
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North and Central America
(continent) (
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United States
(nation) (
P
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New York
(state) (
P
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Schenectady
(county) (
P
)
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Schenectady
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
settled by Europeans in 1661, chartered in 1765
city (
C
)
county seat (
C
)
industrial center (
C
)
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produces jet engines, generators, radios, electonic equipment, wire, paint & varnish, & plastics
scientific center (
C
)
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has atomic research facilities
Sources and Contributors:
Schenectady..........
[
BHA
,
VP Preferred
]
.......................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
II, 839
.......................
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS36025548
.......................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
.......................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
1089
Subject:
.....
[
BHA
,
VP
]
..................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
II, 839
..................
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS36025548
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
1089
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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