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| | ROME (N.Y.) - LoveToKnow Article on ROME (N.Y.) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | Rome is situated in a rich agricultural region producing cotton, cereals, vegetables and fruits, for which it is a trading centre, and is a shipping point for bauxite, mined in the vicinity. |
 | | Rome is served by the New York Central and Hudson River, the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg (controlled by the New York Central), the New York, Ontario and Western, and the Utica and Mohawk Valley (electric) railways. |
 | | The village of Rome, in the centre of the township, was incorporated in 1819; and Rome was chartered as a city in 1870. |
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