Poughkeepsie, New York, USA
1906

Poughkeepsie, po-kip'se, a city, the capital of Dutchess co., N.Y., is on the E. bank of the Hudson River, 74 miles N. of New York city, on the New York Central and Hudson River and other railroads. The site is a plateau or plain which is nearly 200 feet above the level of the water and is enclosed on the E. side by high hills. The river is here crossed by a lofty cantilever railroad bridge, built in 1886-89, which is 200 ft. above high-water and measures 6780 ft. in length. Two miles N. of the city are the large and imposing buildings of the Hudson River State Hospital for the Insane. Poughkeepsie is distinguished for the number and excellence of its educational institutions. It is the seat of Vassar College (for women), which was founded in 1861 and liberally endowed by Matthew Vassar. It had in 1903-1904, 924 students. The college has laboratories of physics and chemistry, biology, mineralogy, etc., a museum of natural history, and an astronomical observatory (lat. 41° 41' 18" N., Ion. 73° 53' 24" W.J. The city also contains the Vassar Brothers Institute, Pringle Memorial Home, military and other academic institutions, a public library (of about 40,000 volumes), opera-house, and various hospitals. Its industries are represented by blast-furnaces, manufactures of mowing-machines, milk-separators, and other farming-implements, furniture, horseshoes, machinery, glass, shoes, iron-ware, clothing, hardware specialties, silk thread, carriages, cigars, etc. College Hill Park is situated in the northeastern part of the city. Pop. in 1880, 20,207; in 1890, 22,206; in 1900, 24,029.

Lippincott's New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns ... in Every Portion of the Globe Publisher J.B. Lippincott Company, 1906

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