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Washington, cities, United States
(Encyclopedia) Washington. 1 City (1990 pop. 10,838), seat of Daviess co., SW Ind.; settled 1805, inc. as a city 1871. Turkey processing and farming are the chief economic activities, and there is…Stoke-on-Trent
(Encyclopedia) Stoke-on-Trent, city and unitary authority (1991 pop. 272,446), W central England. Stoke-on-Trent forms the bulk of the area known as the Potteries. Situated in a coal field, the city…New Waterford
(Encyclopedia) New Waterford, town (1991 pop. 7,695), on NE Cape Breton Island, N.S., Canada, NE of Sydney. A former coal-mining center in a region that saw the last mine close in 2001, New Waterford…Lackawanna, river, United States
(Encyclopedia) Lackawanna, river, 35 mi (56 km) long, rising in NE Pa. and flowing southwest to join the Susquehanna River near Pittston. It crosses the chief anthracite-coal region of the state,…Barnsley
(Encyclopedia) Barnsley Barnsley bärnzˈlē [key], metropolitan borough, N England. Coal mining, engineering, and…Gosforth
(Encyclopedia) Gosforth Gosforth gŏzˈfərth [key], town, Newcastle upon Tyne metropolitan district, NE England…Kiselevsk
(Encyclopedia) KiselevskKiselevskkēsĭˈlyôfskˌ [key], city (1989 pop. 128,000), S Siberian Russia. It is a major coal-mining center in the Kuznetsk Basin and also manufactures mining machinery.Houghton-le-Spring
(Encyclopedia) Houghton-le-Spring Houghton-le-Spring hōˈtən-lə-sprĭng, houˈ– [key],…Jasper, city, United States
(Encyclopedia) Jasper, city (1990 pop. 13,553), seat of Walker co., NW central Ala.; inc. 1889. Jasper is a trade and processing center in a coal and timber area. There is agriculture and the…Sulzbach
(Encyclopedia) SulzbachSulzbachz&oobreve;ltsˈbäkh [key], city (1994 pop. 20,038), Saarland, SW Germany; chartered 1946. It was formerly an industrial center of the Saar coal basin.Trending
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