Dunkirk
city and port of entry of Chautauqua co., N. Y.; on Lake Erie, and the Erie, the Nickel Plate, the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern, the Western New York and Pennsylvania, and the Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley and Pittsburg railroads; 40 miles S. W. of Buffalo. It is an important shipping port, having a good harbor and facilities for freight handling. Its industries include a plant for the manufacture of locomotives, foundry, planing mills, grain and coal elevators, and various other factories. It is a popular summer resort, with a beautiful park overlooking Lake Erie, and has a public library, orphan asylum, public schools, and national banks. Pop. (1910) 17,221; (1920) 19,336.