Ithaca, New York, USA
1854 - Ithaca

Ithaca, a post-borough, capital of Tompkins co., New York, in the above township, on both sides of Cayuga inlet, about a mile S. from the head of Cayuga lake, and 162 miles W. by S. from Albany. It is finely situated on a plain, and on the lower declivity of the hill, which encloses it on all sides except the N., rising gradually to the height of 400 or 500 feet, and commanding an extensive view of the picturesque scenery for which Cayuga lake is remarkable. The town is regularly laid out and handsomely built. It contains churches of six or seven denominations, two banks, and an academy. One daily and two weekly newspapers are published here. Steamboats ply daily from this town to the foot of the lake, and connect with the main lines of travel and transportation. The Cayuga and Susquehanna railroad connects it with Owego, and another railroad extends northward to Auburn and Lake Ontario. Fall creek, which enters the lake at this place, furnishes abundant water-power. Among the manufactories of Ithaca are 2 woollen factories, 1 cotton factory, 1 paper mill, and several iron foundries, with machine shops. Population in 1853, estimated at 7000.

A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854.

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