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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 432 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BARRE , a See also:

city of See also:Washington See also:county, See also:Vermont, U.S.A., in the See also:north central See also:part of the See also:state, about 6 m. S.E. of See also:Montpelier. Pop. (1890) 4146; (1900) 8448, of whom 2831 were See also:foreign-See also:born; (1910, See also:census) 10,734. It is served by the Central Vermont and the Montpelier & See also:Wells See also:River See also:railways, and is connected by electric See also:street railways with Montpelier. Barre is an important seat of the See also:granite See also:industry, and manufactures monuments and tombstones, See also:stone-cutting implements and other machinery. In 1905 the city's factory products were valued at $3,373,046, of which 86.9 % was the value of the monuments and tombstones manufactured. Among its institutions are the See also:Aldrich public library and Goddard See also:Seminary (187o; Universalist). There is a beautiful granite statue of See also:Burns (by J. See also:Massey Rhind), erected in 1899 by the Scotsmen of Barre. The See also:water-See also:works are owned and operated by the See also:municipality. Settled soon after the See also:close of the See also:War of See also:Independence, the township of Barre (pop. in 191o, 4194) was organized in 1793 and named in See also:honour of See also:Isaac Barre (1726–1802), a defender of See also:American rights in the See also:British See also:parliament.

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present city, chartered in 1894, was originally a part of the township.

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