Schenectady


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Sche·nec·ta·dy

 (skə-nĕk′tə-dē)
A city of eastern New York on the Mohawk River northwest of Albany. Founded by Dutch settlers in 1661, it prospered after the opening of the Erie Canal and the coming of the railroad in the early 1800s and was a center of the electrical industry in the early 1900s.
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Sche•nec•ta•dy

(skəˈnɛk tə di)

n.
a city in E New York, on the Mohawk River. 66,630.
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Noun1.Schenectady - a city of eastern New York on the Mohawk riverSchenectady - a city of eastern New York on the Mohawk river; it prospered after the opening of the Erie Canal
Empire State, New York State, NY, New York - a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
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One was the barge which he had brought from Mackinaw; another was of a larger size, such as was formerly used in navigating the Mohawk River, and known by the generic name of the Schenectady barge; the other was a large keel boat, at that time the grand conveyance on the Mississippi.
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