Watertown, New York, USA
1854 - Watertown

Watertown, a flourishing post-borough, capital of Jefferson county, New York, is situated in Watertown township, on the left or S. bank of Black river, and on the Rome and Water- town railroad, about 100 miles W. N. W. from Albany, and 86 miles by railroad N. N. W. from Utica. It is the southern terminus of the Potsdam and Watertown railroad, 75 miles long, which connects with the Northern railroad at Stockholm. It contains a stone court house and jail, a state arsenal of brick, 6 banks, with an aggregate capital of $600,000, 9 or 10 churches, and several academies. Five or six newspapers are published in the borough. The river, which is here 00 yards wide, is crossed by a bridge. There is a fall of about 24 feet opposite the town, and rapids for 3 or 4 miles below, from which almost unlimited water-power may be derived with facility. The manufactories of this place are various and extensive, producing woollen and cotton goods, paper, flour, machinery, iron ware, farming implements, leather, lumber, and other articles. Laid out in 1805. Pop. of the township in 1840, 5027 ; in 1850, 7201.

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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