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Gananoque

(Encyclopedia)Gananoque gănənŏkˈwē, –wə [key], town, SE Ont., Canada, on the St. Lawrence R...

Monessen

(Encyclopedia)Monessen mənĕsˈən [key], city (1990 pop. 9,901), Westmoreland co., SW Pa., in a hilly region, on the Monongahela River; founded 1898, inc. 1921. Monessen was formerly a steel producer; it now manu...

Asansol

(Encyclopedia)Asansol əsənsōlˈ [key], city, West Bengal state, NE India. It is an industrial center in the Damodar valley coal-mining area, with rail and road connections to major c...

Mieres

(Encyclopedia)Mieres mēāˈrĕs [key], city (1990 pop. 57,627), Oviedo prov., N Spain, in Asturias, on the Lena River. It is an important mining center for coal, sulfur, and cinnabar and has iron and steel plants....

Menomonee Falls

(Encyclopedia)Menomonee Falls mənŏmˈənē [key], village (1990 pop. 26,840), Waukesha co., SE Wis., on the Menominee River; inc. 1892. Wire, metal, paper, concrete, plumbing fixtures, furniture, fiberglass produ...

Kwekwe

(Encyclopedia)Kwekwe, formerly Que Que both: kwāˈkwāˈ [key], city (1992 pop. 75,425), central Zimbabwe, founded 1900. It is a gold-mining center and the focal point of Zimbabwe's iron and steel industry. ...

Torrance

(Encyclopedia)Torrance, industrial and residential city (1990 pop. 133,107), Los Angeles co., SW Calif.; inc. 1921. It has large aircraft and electronics industries. Among its many manufactures are aircraft, electr...

Union

(Encyclopedia)Union, industrial township (1990 pop. 50,024), Union co., NE N.J.; settled 1749 by colonists from Connecticut, set off from Elizabethtown 1808. Steel and metal products and paint are among its various...

Gehry, Frank Owen

(Encyclopedia)Gehry, Frank Owen gĕrˈē [key], 1929–, American architect, b. Toronto, Ont., as Frank Owen Goldberg. He is widely considered one of the finest and most artful of contemporary architects. In 1947, ...

Crawford, Ralston

(Encyclopedia)Crawford, Ralston, 1906–78, American painter, b. St. Catherine's, Ont. Crawford's paintings are marked by precise detail, flat color, and the simplification of form. His works portray the American c...