Meriden, Connecticut, USA
1895 - Meriden

Meriden, mér’i-den, a city of New Haven co., Conn., 18 miles by rail S.W. of Hartford, and 18 miles by rail N.E. of New Haven, and connected by rail with Cromwell and Waterbury. The city is situated partly in a valley and partly on a hill. It is known as the Silver City, and is one of the most enterprising of New England's cities. The capital invested in manufacturing is over $10,000,000, the annual product therefrom exceeding $25,000,000. The manufactures include electro-plated and solid silver-ware, brass and bronze goods, lamps, chandeliers, clocks, tinware, cutlery, steel, steel pens, malleable iron goods, firearms, organs, cut-glass, woollen goods, saddlery, harness and leather goods, power and stamping presses, coffee-mills, &c. The Meriden Britannia Company employs nearly 1500 hands and have an annual output of over $3,000,000. Meriden contains the state reform school, 3 national banks, 2 savings banks, 18 churches, high and graded schools, 1 weekly and 3 daily newspaper offices, and gas- and electric-light-works. The streets are lighted by arc lights. Meriden was a part of Wallingford from 1725 to 1806, when it was incorporated as a town. It was made a city in 1867. Pop. of the township in 1890, 25,423; of the city, 21,652.

Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott

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