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Encyclopedia Britannica



CLAREMONT

This article appears in Volume V06, Page 427 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: CHR-CLI
CLAREMONT , a city of Sullivan county, New
Hampshire
 , U.S.A., situated in the W. part of the state, bordering on the Connecticut river. Pop. (189o) 5565; (1900) 6498 (1442 foreign-born); (1910) 7529. Area, 6 sq. m. It is served by two branches of the Boston & Maine railway. In Claremont is the
Fiske
  free library (1873), housed in a
Carnegie
  building (1904). The Stevens high school is richly endowed by the
gift
  of Paran Stevens, a native of Claremont. The city contains several villages, the principal being Claremont, Claremont Junction and West Claremont. Sugar river, flowing through the city into the Connecticut and falling 223 ft.within the city limits, furnishes good water-power. Among the manufactures are woollen and
cotton
  goods,
paper
 , mining and quarrying machinery, rubber goods, linens, shoes,
wood
  trim and pearl buttons. The first settlement here was made in 1762, and a township was organized in 1764; in 1908 Claremont was chartered as a city. It was named from Claremont, Lord
Clive
 's country place.


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