Kingston

Kingston, capital of Ulster county, New York state, stands on the right bank of the Hudson, 54 miles S. of Albany. It is a railway and canal terminus, and is the centre of extensive transit trade by steamer. Enormous quantities of blue-stone flags are forwarded from Kingston, which is also a principal centre of the hydraulic cement business, and contains a number of breweries, tanneries, flour-mills, foundries, brick-yards, and other manufactories. Pop. (1880) 18,344; (1890) 21,261.