Fall River, Massachusetts, USA
1916

Fall River, a city and port of entry of Bristol co., Mass., is pleasantly situated on the E. bank of the Taunton River, at its mouth, and on Mount Hope Bay, which is the northeastern part of Narragansett Bay. It is on the New York, New Haven and Hartford R., 49 miles S. by W. of Boston, and 18 miles SE. of Providence, R.I. It has many buildings constructed of fine granite quarried in the vicinity, prominent among them being the handsome city-hall. Fall River contains a public library of upward of 70,000 volumes, Notre Dame College, custom-house, the Fall River Training School, the Bradford Durfee Textile School, the Fall River Conservatory of Music, etc. Large steamboats ply regularly between Fall River and New York, Providence, and Newport. Its prosperity is mainly derived from manufactures of cotton, thread, woollens, bobbins and shuttles, rubber, rope, wire, machinery, iron- and brass-foundry products, soap, etc. It is specially noted for its cotton- factories, which operate nearly 3,000,000 spindles and in which is invested a capital of $25,000,000. The city has abundant hydraulic power furnished by the outlet of Watoppa Pond, which descends about 130 feet in the course of half a mile. The harbor of Fall River is safe, capacious, and deep enough to admit vessels of the largest class. Incorporated as a city in 1854. Pop. in 1870, 26,766 ; in 1880, 48,961 ; in 1890, 74,398 ; in 1900, 104,863.

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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