Erie, a city and port of entry, the capital of Erie co., Pa., is on Lake Erie, 148 miles N. of Pittsburg and 95 miles ENE. of Cleveland, on the Pennsylvania, the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern and other railroads. Lat. 43° 8' N. ; lon. 80° 8' W. It has a safe, landlocked harbor, which is 4 miles long by 1 mile wide, and is protected by the island of Presque Isle, on which light-houses hare been erected. The city contains many attractive buildings, but it is mainly of a commercial character, its industrial establishments comprising oil-refineries, tanneries, chemical- works, planing- and flouring-mills, breweries, and manufactories of pianos and organs, engines and boilers, agricultural implements, paper, stoves, and all kinds of iron, steel, brass, aluminium, and wood products. The city is the seat of the Erie, St. Benedict s, and Villa Maria Academies, and of the Pennsylvania Soldiers' and Sailors' Home. Large steamboats ply regularly between this place and other ports on the great lakes. The chief articles of export are coal, oil, iron, and manufactured products. Pop. in 1860, 9419 ; in 1870, 19,646 ; in 1880, 27,737 ; in 1890, 40,634 : in 1900, 52,733.
Erie, a city and port of entry, the capital of Erie co., Pa., is on Lake Erie, 148 miles N. of Pittsburg and 95 miles ENE. of Cleveland, on the Pennsylvania, the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern and other railroads. Lat. 43° 8' N. ; lon. 80° 8' W. It has a safe, landlocked harbor, which is 4 miles long by 1 mile wide, and is protected by the island of Presque Isle, on which light-houses hare been erected. The city contains many attractive buildings, but it is mainly of a commercial character, its industrial establishments comprising oil-refineries, tanneries, chemical- works, planing- and flouring-mills, breweries, and manufactories of pianos and organs, engines and boilers, agricultural implements, paper, stoves, and all kinds of iron, steel, brass, aluminium, and wood products. The city is the seat of the Erie, St. Benedict s, and Villa Maria Academies, and of the Pennsylvania Soldiers' and Sailors' Home. Large steamboats ply regularly between this place and other ports on the great lakes. The chief articles of export are coal, oil, iron, and manufactured products. Pop. in 1860, 9419 ; in 1870, 19,646 ; in 1880, 27,737 ; in 1890, 40,634 : in 1900, 52,733.
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