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Encyclopedia Britannica



DOVER

This article appears in Volume V08, Page 456 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: DIO-DRO
DOVER , a town of Morris county, New
Jersey
 , U.S.A., on the Rockaway river and the Morris canal, about 40 M. by
rail
  W.N.W. of
Hoboken
 . Pop. (1900) 5938, of whom 947 were foreign-born; (1905) 6353; (1910) 7468. The area of the town is 1.72 sq. m. Dover is at the junction of the main line and the Morris &
Essex
  division of the
Delaware
 , Lackawanna & Western railway (which has large repair shops here), and is also served by the High
Bridge
  branch of the Central of New
Jersey
 , and by an electric line connecting with neighbouring towns. The town is situated about 570 ft. above sea-level. Building stone, used extensively for railway bridges, and
iron
  ore abound in the vicinity. The river furnishes good water-power, and the town has various manufactures, including stoves and ranges, boilers, bar
iron
 , rivets, steel castings,
rock
  drills, air compressors,
silk
 
hose
  and underwear, organzine or thrown
silk
 , and overalls. The water-works are owned by the town, water being obtained from wells varying in depth from 193 to 213 ft. Dover was settled as early as 1748, and was separated from Randolph township and incorporated as a town in 1869.


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