Cumberland, capital of Alleghany county, Maryland, on the Potomac River, 178 miles W. by N. of Baltimore by rail. It is a canal terminus and an important railway centre, and has manufactures of brick, cement, flour, and leather, and an extensive trade in coal. Pop. (1890) 12,729.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 3: Catarrh to Dion, p. 613
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