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Encyclopedia Britannica



PORT CHESTER

This article appears in Volume V22, Page 112 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: POL-PRE
PORT CHESTER , a
village
  of Westchester county, New
York
 , U.S.A., in the south-
east
  part of the state, on Long Island Sound, and about 10 m. N.E. of New
York
  City (26 m. from the Grand Central Station). Pop. (I goo), 7440, of whom 2110 were foreign-born; (1910 census), 12,809. It is served by the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad, and by daily steamers to and from New York City. The
village
  is a summer resort as well as a suburban residential
district
  for New York City. Among its public institutions are a library, a park and a
hospital
 
    See Also:
. The village has various manufactures, including bolts and nuts, motors for racing boats and automobiles; there are also large planing and
wood
 -moulding mills. The earliest mention of Port Chester in any extant record is in the year 1732. Until 1837 it was known as Saw Pit, on account of a portion of the village, it is said, being used as a place for building boats. During the War of Independence the village was frequently occupied by detachments of American troops. Port Chester was incorporated as a village in 1868.


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