Watertown
Watertown names 4 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Watertown a city and countyseat of Jefferson co.
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a city and countyseat of Jefferson co., N. Y.; on the Black river, and on the Boston and Maine railroad: 69 miles N. of Syracuse. The river here has rapids and falls which furnish good water power and is spanned by a number of bridges. The city contains the Convent of the Immaculate Conception, Irving School, a high school, State armory, Henry Keep Home for the Aged, business college, Orphans' Home, public library, public park, National and savings banks, electric street railroads, electric lights, and daily, weekly, and monthly periodicals. It has manufactories of machinery, sleighs, electrical apparatus, furniture, printing presses, agricultural implements, air and vacuum brakes, carriages, wagons, woolen goods, paper, thermometers, lamps, tinware, etc. Pop. (1910) 26,730; (1920) 31,285.
Watertown a city in Dodge and Jefferson cos.
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a city in Dodge and Jefferson cos., Wis.; on the Rock river, and on the Chicago and Northwestern, and the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul railroads; 45 miles W. by N. W. of Milwaukee. Here are the Northwestern University (Luth.), the Sacred Heart University (R. C.), a high school, several churches, libraries, electric lights, National and State banks, and daily and weekly newspapers. Watertown is an important barley and cheese market, and has a shoe factory, foundry, brass works, mills, etc. Pop. (1910) 8,829; (1920) 9,299.
Watertown a city of South Dakota
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a city of South Dakota, the county-seat of Codington co. It is on the Big Sioux river, and on the Chicago and Northwestern, the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific, the Great Northern, and other railroads. In the midst of picturesque scenery and a popular summer resort, it is also the center of an important farming and cattleraising region, and has grain elevators, and warehouses, flour mills, and manufactories of agricultural implements, carriages, etc. Pop. (1910) 7,010; (1920) 9,400.
Watertown a town of Massachusetts
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a town of Massachusetts, which includes several villages, in Middlesex co. It is on the Charles river, and on the Boston and Maine railroad. It is chiefly a residential suburb of Boston, but has also important industries, including the manufacture of automobiles, rubber goods, stoves, soap, furnaces, etc. It has a public library and is the seat of a United States arsenal. The town was settled and incorporated in 1630. Pop. (1910) 12,875; (1920) 21,457.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
All four places Collier's listed in 1921 still exist, but their anchors have moved. Watertown, N.Y., then 31,285 and booming on Black River water power, has shrunk to about 24,700 and now depends less on printing presses than on nearby Fort Drum, home of the Army's 10th Mountain Division since 1985; the air-brake works Collier's noted survives as New York Air Brake. Watertown, Wis. (9,299 then, roughly 24,000 now) lost its Lutheran Northwestern College when it merged into Martin Luther College in 1995, the campus passing to Maranatha Baptist University, while Watertown, S.D. grew from 9,400 to about 22,600. Watertown, Mass., "seat of a United States arsenal," saw that arsenal close in 1967 and its grounds become shops and labs, and the town of 21,457 is now a city of some 35,000 known worldwide for the April 2013 manhunt that ended the Boston Marathon bombing.
Written for this edition, 2026.