Ithaca, New York, USA
1916

Ithaca, a city, the capital of Tompkins co., N.Y., is situated at the head or S. end of Cayuga Lake, 37 miles S. of Auburn, on the Lehigh Valley and the Lackawanna Rs. Three streams, named Cayuga Inlet, Fall Creek, and Six Mile Creek, here enter the lake. Few towns in the state enjoy such beautiful and picturesque scenery, abounding in waterfalls and cascades. The celebrated Taughanic (or Taughannock) Fall, with a vertical plunge of 215 feet, is 9 miles N. of the oity. The long, deep, and narrow lake is a link in the chain of the inland navigation of the state, and communicates with the Erie Canal. Steamboats ply regularly between this place and the village of Cayuga. The city has manufactures of flour, paper, barrels, autophones, organs, cigars, carriages, farming-implements, iron castings, machinery, traction-engines, guns, clocks, type-writers, etc. It has also important coaling interests. Ithaca is the seat of Cornell University (non-sectarian), organized in 1865 and endowed with funds amounting to several millions of dollars. It is open to both sexes, and occupies several fine stone edifices situated on an eminence. It has an attendance of about 3000 students, and libraries containing about 300,000 volumes. A state school of forestry was for some time associated with the university. Pop. in 1890, 11,079; in 1900, 13,136.

Lippincotts New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns, Resorts, Islands, Rivers, Mountains, Seas, Lakes, Etc., in Every Portion of the Globe, Part 1 Angelo Heilprin Louis Heilprin - January 1, 1916 J.B. Lippincott - Publisher

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