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Canal Dover
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
or A city of Tuscarawas county, Ohio, U.S.A.; on the Tuscarawas river, about 70 m. S. by E. of Cleveland.' Pop. (1890) 3470; (1900) 5422, of whom 939 were foreign-born., It is served by the Baltimore & Ohio and the Pennsylvania' railways, and by the Ohio canal, and is connected with Cleveland by an inter-urban electric line. It lies on a plateau about 880 ft., above sea-level and commands pleasant views of diversified scenery. Coal and iron ore abound in the vicinity, and the city, manufactures iron, steel, tin plate, electrical and telephone supplies, shovels, boilers, leather, flour, brick and tile, salt, furniture and several kinds of vehicles. The municipality owns and operates its water-works. Canal Dover was laid out as a town in 1807, and was incorporated as a village in 1842, but itsi charter was soon allowed to lapse and was not revived until 1867 Canal Dover became a city under the Ohio municipal code Of 1903.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Canal Dover'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/c/canal-dover.html. 1910.
