Appleton's illustrated hand-book of American cities; . ch time the population has increased from 5,349 (in 1800) to above 80,000in 1875. Albany has a large commerce, from its position at the head of navigationon the. river, as the entrepot of the great Erie Canal from the W., and the Cham-plain Canal from the N., and as the centre to which several important railroads con-verge. The boats of the canal are received in a great basin constructed in the5 54 HAND-BOOK OF AMERICAN CITIES. river, with the help of a pier 80 ft. wide and 4,300 ft. long. A liandsonie iron-trussrailroad-bridge, 1,014 ft.
Appleton's illustrated hand-book of American cities; . ch time the population has increased from 5,349 (in 1800) to above 80,000in 1875. Albany has a large commerce, from its position at the head of navigationon the. river, as the entrepot of the great Erie Canal from the W., and the Cham-plain Canal from the N., and as the centre to which several important railroads con-verge. The boats of the canal are received in a great basin constructed in the5 54 HAND-BOOK OF AMERICAN CITIES. river, with the help of a pier 80 ft. wide and 4,300 ft. long. A liandsonie iron-trussrailroad-bridge, 1,014 ft. long, spans the river from the foot of Exchange St. TheWater-Works, built in 1852-53, at a cost of $1,000,000, are worth seeing. State Street ascends in a steep grade from the water to the height crowned byCapitol Square, in which are the public buildings. The Old GapUol^ a plain brown-stone structure, built in 1807, is still occupied, but will be demolished as soon asthe costly new Capitol is finished. The New Capitol, to the W. of the old, was com-. fflu WW. liJH ?^* U^t ft I: - •(. \
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