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NEW BRITAIN , a city of Hartford county, Connecticut, U.S.A., near the centre of the state, about 9 m. S.W. of the city of Hartford; land area 13.09 sq. m. in 1906. Pop. (1890) of the township, including the city, 19,007; of the city, 16,519; (1900) of the township, including the city, 28,202; of the city, 25,998. of whom 9293 were foreign-born, including 1869 Irish and 1811 Swedes, who have a weekly published here; (1910 census ) 43,916. It is served by the N'ew York
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machine shop products. In 1905 the capital invested in manufacturing was $19,979,712 (an increase of 45.1 % since 190o) and the value of the factoryproducts was $14,959,543 (an increase of 34.8%). More than one-half of the product-value was in hardware ($7,537,625). New Britain, which was settled in 1687, was originally a part of the township of Farmington. On account of ecclesiastical difficulties the " New Britain Society "a parishwas organized in 1754. New Britain became a part of Berlin when that town-ship was established in 1785. In 1850 the township of New Britain was incorporated, and in 1871 the city was chartered. By act of the state legislature in 1905 the township of New Britain and the city of New Britain were co_ aolidated; the first election under the new charter was in April 1906. The city was one of the first in the country to build a municipal subway for electric light, telephone and telegraph wires.See D. N. Camp's History of New Britain (New Britain, 1889). End of Article: NEW BRITAIN If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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