Meriden
a city in New Haven co., Conn.; on the New York, New Haven, and Hartford railroad; 18 miles N. by N. E. of New Haven. There are a high school, the Connecticut School for Boys, Meriden hospital, Curtis Home for Orphan Children and Aged Women, the Curtis Memorial Library, waterworks, electric light and street railroad plants, National and savings banks, and several periodicals. The city is widely noted for its manufactures, which include tinware, cutlery, bronze ware, electroplated ware, granite, iron and pearl agate ware, organs and organettes, brass and iron, gas and kerosene fixtures; builders' furniture, carriage and sadbronze art goods, lamp trimmings, she dlery hardware, table and pocket cutlery, shears, scissors, steel pens, clocks, screws, vises, shoes, firearms, curtain fixtures, piano stools, paper boxes, harness, printing presses, and machinery. Meriden was taken from Wallingford and incorporated in May, 1806. Pop. (1910) 27,265; (1920) 29,867.
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