LACONIA

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LACONIA , a city and the county-seat of Belknap county, New

Hampshire

HAMPSHIRE (or COUNTY OF SOUTHAMPTON, abbreviated HANTS)

, U.S.A., on both sides of the Winnepesaukee river, 28 m. N.N.E. of Concord. Pop. (1900) 8042 (1770 foreign-born); (191o) ro,183. Laconia is served by two divisions of the Boston & Maine railway, which has a very handsome granite passenger station (1892) and repair shops here. It is pleasantly situated in the lake

district

DISTRICT

of central New

Hampshire

HAMPSHIRE (or COUNTY OF SOUTHAMPTON, abbreviated HANTS)

, and in the summer season Lake Winnisquam on the S. and W. and Lake Winnepesaukee on the N.E. attract many visitors. The city covers an area of 2465 sq. m. (5.47 sq. m. annexed since 1890). Within the city limits, and about 6 m. from its centre, are the 'grounds of the Winnepesaukee Camp-Meeting Association, and the camping place for the annual reunions of the New Hampshire Veterans of the Civil War, both at The Weirs, the northernmost point in the territory claimed by colonial

Massachusetts

MASSACHUSETTS (an Indian name, originally applied to a tribe of Indians)

; about 2 M. from the centre of Laconia is Lakeport (pop. 'goo, 2137), which, like The Weirs, is a summer resort and a ward in the city of Laconia. Among the public institutions are the State School for Feeble-minded Children, a cottage

hospital

and the Laconia Public Library, lodged in the

Gale

Memorial Library building (1903). Another fine building is the Congregational Church (1906). The New Hampshire State Fish Hatchery is in Laconia. Water-power is furnished by the river. In 1905 Laconia ranked first among the cities of the state in the manufacture of hosiery and knit goods, and the value of these products for the year was 48.4% of the total value of the city's factory product; among its other manufactures are yarn, knitting machines, needles, sashes and blinds, axles,

paper

PAPER
PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

boxes, boats, gas and gasolene engines, and freight, passenger and electric cars. The total value of the factory products increased from $2,152,379 in 1900 to $3,096,878 in 1905, or 43'9%. The portion of the city N. of the river, formerly known as

Meredith

MEREDITH, GEORGE (1828-1908)

Bridge

BRIDGE

, was set apart from the town-ship of

Meredith

MEREDITH, GEORGE (1828-1908)

and incorporated as a township under the name of Laconia in 1855; a section S. of the river was taken from the township of Gilford in 1874; and Lakeport was added in 1893, when Laconia was chartered as a city. The

Frame

FRAME

Laconia was first applied in New England to the region granted in 1629 to Mason and Gorges (see MASON, JOHN).

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