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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 was the scene (1892) of the famous trial of Lizzie Borden , who was acquitted of murdering her parents in the family's home there.

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Fall River, Canada, USA USA (Massachusetts): a city previously called Fallriver and then Troy, it readopted its original name in 1831. This was derived from the Quequechan name which meant ‘falling water’.

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