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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Fall River industrial city (1990 pop. 92,703), Bristol co., SE Mass., a port of entry on Mt. Hope Bay, at the mouth of the Taunton River; settled 1656, set off from Freetown 1803, inc. as a city 1854. It was once the foremost cotton textile center in the United States; the first cotton mill was built in 1811. Textiles and clothing are the leading manufactures, and a variety of products are made, including metals and chemicals. The Bradford Durfee College of Technology is in Fall River. The U.S.S. Massachusetts, the state's official World War II memorial, is berthed in the harbor. The city... Read more
Stream and River
U*X*L Encyclopedia of Landforms and Other Geologic Features ... Most sources define a river simply as a large stream ... stream's channel. Stream and river: Words to Know Alluvial ... fast over hard rocks. River: A large stream. Stream ... in a stream channel to fall vertically or nearly ... comes from the Menderes River in southwest Turkey ... that causes the ... Read more
Black River
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 1 River rising in SE Mo. and flowing c.300 mi (480 km) SE, then SW to the White River near Newport, Ark. It is partly navigable. Clearwater Dam is on the river near Piedmont, Mo. 2 River of N N.Y., c.120 mi (190 km) long, rising in the Adirondack ... Read more
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A MILL CITY ON THE MEND SHOPS, SHIPS KNIT A REVIVAL IN FALL RIVER
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FALL RIVER SEEKS NEW IMAGE WITH DEVELOPMENT
The Boston Globe; 3/30/1987; Eduardo Paz-Martinez, Globe Staff; 1543 words ; ... 000 on the banks of the Taunton River, began his conversation in this ... town. There is a renaissance in Fall River, and we are now recognizing that the new Fall River story has to be told." These days ... Park in nearby Dartmouth, and Fall River's quest for it. Seems it was ... Read more
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World Cup stokes city's soccer fever In Fall River, the sport is king
The Boston Globe; 6/5/1994; Michael Grunwald, Globe Staff; 1240 words ; FALL RIVER -- He started playing when he was 4, not ... about a time when mill workers like him made Fall River the soccer capital of the United States ... More than 100 years after soccer came to Fall River, more than 60 years after Gonsalves made ... Read more
FALL RIVER ON HIS MIND: GLOBE-TROTTER GOES HOME
The Boston Globe; 8/20/1990; Bruce McCabe, Globe Staff; 1084 words ; FALL RIVER - What is a mandarin chronicler of US foreign ... a modest, bilious-blue house in downtown Fall River describing, with obvious relish, this city ... Borden and Chace were born and grew up in Fall River, albeit at different times. It was supposedly ... Read more
Fall River dispute pits unions against new owners' rights.
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A bettor future? Casino issue divides Fall River.
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WHO GAINS FROM FALL RIVER'S PAIN?
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