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Chatham, city, Canada

Chatham, city (1991 pop. 43,557), S Ont., Canada, E of Detroit, Mich., on the Thames River. It is an industrial center in a rich mixed farming and fruit-raising region. It was a northern terminus for the Underground Railroad prior to the American Civil War.

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Chatham, city, England

Chatham, city (1991 pop. 65,035), Kent, SE England, on the Medway River. Chatham, Rochester, and Gillingham form a contiguous urban area known as the Medway Towns. Chatham is a major naval station, with well-equipped dockyards, dry docks, and shipbuilding and repairing equipment. There are also flour mills and timber works. The Royal Naval Dockyard is the largest installation. The first dockyard was established by Elizabeth I in 1588. The Roman Watling Street ran through Chatham.

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Chatham¹

1st Earl of title of the elder (William) Pitt

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Chatham²

1. a town in SE England, in N Kent on the River Medway: formerly royal naval dockyard. Pop.: 73 468 (2001)

2. a city in SE Canada, in SE Ontario on the Thames River. Pop.: 44 156 (2001)