Dunkirk, a port of entry of New York, on Lake Erie, 40 miles SW. of Buffalo by rail, with a commodious harbour and a busy lake traffic. The terminus of a division of the Erie Railroad, Dunkirk contains large workshops and warehouses of the company, besides extensive locomotive works, a lumber-mill, and several ironworks. Pop. 9416.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 4: Dionysius to Friction, p. 124
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