Plymouth
Plymouth names 4 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Plymouth a seaport, municipal and parliamentary borough of England
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a seaport, municipal and parliamentary borough of England, in Devonshire, at the head of Plymouth Sound, between the estuaries of the Plym and Tamar. Taken in its largest sense, it comprehends what are called the "Three Towns," or Devonport on the W., Stonehouse in the center, and Plymouth proper on the E. The older parts of the town consist of narrow and irregular streets devoid of architectural beauty, but the newer parts and suburbs display . The The an abundance of elegant buildings 13,045. guild hall, a Gothic building, is the finest modern edifice (1870-1874), and has a tower nearly 200 feet high. The citadel, an obsolete fortification built by Charles II., is another object of interest. Ply- Lackawanna, and mouth is well defended both by land and sea, by a series of forts of exceptional and coal trading strength provided with heavy ordnance. The manufactures are not very extensive, and chiefly connected with ships' fisheries are valuble, and stores; but the Plymouth has a large export and coasting trade. Its chief importance lies in its position as a naval station. Thanks to extensive and sheltered harbors, Plymouth rose from a mere fishing village to the rank of foremost port of England under Elizabeth, and is now as a naval to Portsmouth. To in the sound The Western Harbor, or the Hamoaze (mouth of the Tamar), is specially devoted to the royal navy, and here (in dock- Devonport, which see) are the the vicyard, and Keyham steam yard; tualling yard, marine barracks, and naval hospital being in Stonehouse. The mercantile marine is accommodated in the Eastern Harbor, the Catwater (200 acres), or estuary of the Plym, and in the Great Western Sutton Pool, ol, and the World War Docks in Mill Bay. In (1914-1918) Plymouth was a naval base and for operations against the enemy, port of entry for the Canadian and other expeditionary forces. Pop. (1917)
Plymouth a town and county-seat Mass .
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a town and county-seat Mass .; on Plymouth York, New Haven, and Hartford railroad; 37 miles S. E. of Boston. The town has electric lights, water works, electric street railroads, , National and court house, public library daily and savings banks, and several weekly newspapers. It has a large industry in cod fish, and manufactures of cordage, cotton, ducks, woolen and cotton products, coopgoods, zinc, steel and iron erage, etc. Plymouth is of importance as the spot where the Pilgrim Fathers landed on Dec. 21, 1620. A portion of has the rock on which they first stepped been placed in front of Pilgrim Hall, in which are preserved old books, paintings, pictures, and other valuable relics. The rock itself is in Water Street, and is covered by a handsome granite te canopy. Plymouth also has the National monument, 81 feet high, erected to the Pilgrims at a cost of $200,000, and dedicated in 1889. There are also statues of and Ed- Faith, Morality, Law, Freedom, ; (1920) ucation. Pop. (1910) 12,141
Plymouth a borough of Pennsylvania
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a borough of Pennsylvania, in Luzerne co. It is on the Susquehanna river and on the Delaware, Western railroad. It is the center of an important coal mining region. Its industries include the manufacture of mining drill machines, hosiery, silk, lumber products, etc. Pop. (1910) 16,996; (1020) 16,500.
Plymouth . See Pilgrims
Aiton's Encyclopedia (1910)
. See Pilgrims
What Has Changed in the Last Century
Collier's in 1921 still described the English Plymouth as the "Three Towns" of Plymouth, Stonehouse and Devonport, praising a Victorian guild hall and older streets "devoid of architectural beauty"; the three had in fact amalgamated in 1914, the borough became a city in 1928, and German bombing in 1941 gutted the centre, including the guild hall, so that the shopping district was rebuilt to a new grid plan after the war. Devonport remains a working naval base, and the city's population is now well over 250,000 rather than the 200,000-odd of the Three Towns era. In Massachusetts, Plymouth's cod and cordage industries are gone, but the Rock, the National Monument to the Forefathers and Pilgrim Hall remain the draw, joined by the replica Mayflower II, sailed from England in 1957, and by the 400th-anniversary commemorations of 2020 that gave far more space to the Wampanoag side of the story. Plymouth, Pennsylvania, then a place of nearly 17,000 in "an important coal mining region," lost the anthracite trade and has shrunk to a few thousand residents.
Written for this edition, 2026.