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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 853 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DAVENPORT , a See also:

city and the See also:county seat of See also:Scott county, See also:Iowa, U.S.A., on the See also:Mississippi See also:river, opposite See also:Rock See also:Island, See also:Illinois, with which it is connected by two See also:fine See also:bridges and by a See also:ferry. It is the third largest city in the See also:state. Pop. (1890) 26,872; (1900) 35,254, including 8479 See also:foreign-See also:born (6111 See also:German), and 19,230 of foreign parentage (13,294 German); (1905, state See also:census) 39,797; (1910) 43,028. Davenport is served by the See also:Chicago, See also:Burlington & See also:Quincy, the Chicago, See also:Milwaukee & St See also:Paul, the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific, the Iowa & Illinois (interurban), and the Davenport, Rock Island & See also:North Western See also:railways; opposite the city is the western See also:terminus of the Illinois and Mississippi, or Hennepin, See also:Canal (which connects the Mississippi and Illinois See also:rivers). Davenport lies on the slope of a See also:bluff affording extensive views of landscape and river scenery. In the city are an excellent public library, an See also:Academy of Sciences, several turn-halls and other German social organizations, the Iowa soldiers' orphans' See also:home, See also:Brown business See also:college, and several See also:minor See also:Roman See also:Catholic institutions. Davenport is an episcopal see of the Roman Catholic and the See also:Protestant Episcopal churches. The city has a large See also:commerce,and See also:trade by See also:water and See also:rail in See also:coal and See also:grain, which are produced in the vicinity, is of See also:special importance. With Rock Island and See also:Moline it forms one See also:great commercial unit. Among Davenport's manufactures are the products of foundries and See also:machine shops, and of flouring, grist and planing See also:mills; See also:glucose See also:syrup and products; locomotives, See also:steel cars and See also:car parts, washing See also:machines, waggons, carriages, agricultural implements, buttons, See also:macaroni, crackers and brooms. The value of the See also:total factory product for 1905 was $13,695,978, an increase of 38'7% over that of 'goo.

Davenport was founded in 1835, under the leadership of See also:

Colonel See also:George Davenport; it was incorporated as a See also:town in 1838, and was chartered as a city in 1851.

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