Lynn, a city and seaport of Essex co., Mass., is pleasantly situated on Massachusetts Bay, 10 miles NE. of Boston, on the Boston and Maine and the Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Rs. It is about 2 miles from the peninsula of Nahant. Lynn has long been celebrated for the manufacture of women's and children's boots and shoes, which employs the labor of over 200 factories and produces upward of 15,000,000 pairs annually, valued at nearly $30,000,000. The manufacture of leather (morocco) is an other large industry, as is likewise that of electric appliances, the value of the product in dynamos, lamps, motors, car-equipments, etc., amounting annually to many millions of dollars. The city contains a public library, a handsome city-hall, and a soldiers' monument. It has many hand some residences, especially on the east (or shore) side. The scenery in the vicinity is varied and picturesque. It has one of the largest natural pleasure-grounds in this country (more than 2000 acres), known as " Lynn Woods." Pop. in 1870, 28,233; in 1880, 38,274; in 1890, 55,727 ; in 1900, 88,513.
Lynn, a city and seaport of Essex co., Mass., is pleasantly situated on Massachusetts Bay, 10 miles NE. of Boston, on the Boston and Maine and the Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Rs. It is about 2 miles from the peninsula of Nahant. Lynn has long been celebrated for the manufacture of women's and children's boots and shoes, which employs the labor of over 200 factories and produces upward of 15,000,000 pairs annually, valued at nearly $30,000,000. The manufacture of leather (morocco) is an other large industry, as is likewise that of electric appliances, the value of the product in dynamos, lamps, motors, car-equipments, etc., amounting annually to many millions of dollars. The city contains a public library, a handsome city-hall, and a soldiers' monument. It has many hand some residences, especially on the east (or shore) side. The scenery in the vicinity is varied and picturesque. It has one of the largest natural pleasure-grounds in this country (more than 2000 acres), known as " Lynn Woods." Pop. in 1870, 28,233; in 1880, 38,274; in 1890, 55,727 ; in 1900, 88,513.
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