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Fall River, industrial city (1990 pop. 92,703), Bristol co., SE Mass., a port of entry on Mt. Hope Bay, at the mouth of the Taunton River; settled 1656, set off from Freetown 1803, inc. as a city 1854. It was once the foremost cotton textile center in the United States; the first cotton mill was built in 1811. Textiles and clothing are the leading manufactures, and a variety of products are made, including metals and chemicals. The Bradford Durfee College of Technology is in Fall River. The U.S.S. Massachusetts, the state's official World War II memorial, is berthed in the harbor. The city was the scene (1892) of the famous trial of Lizzie Borden Borden, Lizzie Andrew, 1860–1927, American woman accused of killing her father and her step-mother, b. Fall River, Mass. The elder Bordens were hacked to death with an ax on Aug. 4, 1892.
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Fall River

a city in the northeastern USA, in Massachusetts. Port on Mount Hope Bay, at the mouth of the Taunton River. Population, 95,000 (1975; 173,000 including suburbs). Fall River has factories for the production of textiles, chemicals, and machinery for the textile industry. The city was founded in 1656.

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The next morning, when Archer got out of the Fall River train, he emerged upon a steaming midsummer Boston.

The Age of Innocence by Wharton, Edith View in context

Adams had been a cotton operative in Fall River, and the continued depression in the industry had worn him and his family out, and he had emigrated to South Carolina.

The Jungle by Sinclair, Upton View in context

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