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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Alton , city (1990 pop. 32,905), Madison co., SW Ill., on bluffs of the Mississippi River 5 mi (8.1 km) above its confluence with the Missouri; inc. 1837. Alton is a shipping and industrial center, and there are oil refineries nearby. Food products, lime, crushed stone, lumber, crystal, paperboard, maechinery, and steel are produced. Riverboat gambling, a redeveloped riverfront, and antique stores attract tourists. The Clark Bridge across the Mississippi connects Alton with West Alton, Mo., and the St. Louis metropolitan area. Of interest are a monument to the abolitionist Elijah Lovejoy ,... Read more
Alton
Alton, usually ‘farmstead at the source of a river’, OE ǣwiell + tūn : Alton Hants. Aultone 1086 ( DB ). Alton Pancras Dorset. Awultune 1012, Altone 1086 ( DB ), Aweltone Pancratii 1226. Affix from the dedication of... Read more
Alton, John
ALTON, John Cinematographer. Nationality: Hungarian. Born: Sopron, Hungary, 5 October 1901. Career...Moon ) (Bradley) 1966 Mission: Impossible (TV Series — pilot only) Publications By ALTON: book — Painting with Light , Berkeley, 1995. On ALTON: book — Coursodon, Jean-Pierre, ed., ... Read more

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