WATERFORD, a t. in n.w. N. Y.; incorported 1801; set off from the t. of Half Moon, 1816; laid out in 1784 as Half-Moon Point, in the co. of Saratoga; pop. '80, 4,326. It is bounded on the s.w. by the Mohawk river, and is on the w. bank of the Hudson river, 10m. n.e. of Albany. It is on the Rensselaer and Saratoga railroad; the river is , navigable to this point, and the Champlain canal passes through, with locks for convey ing boats into the river. It is connected with Lansingburgh by a bridge, with lake Champlain by the state canal, and with Troy, 3 m. distant, by horse-cars. The falls of the Mohawk made available for manufacturing purposes by a hydraulic canal i m. long, constrncted in 1828-29. It contains a fire department, and has manufactories of iron, nuts, and valves, hay-presses, lampblack, cement sewer-pipes, straw board, paper, a veneer sawing-mill, a fire-engine factory, etc.; the establishments employing a capital of $3,000,000. It contains 6 churches, a bank, and a newspaper.
a city, capital of the co. of the same name, but itself a co, of a city, and a parliamentary borough, is situated in is. lat. 52° 16', w. long. 7° 8', on the river Suir, 12 m, from the sea, and 97 s.s.w. from Dublin, with it is con nected by the Great Southern and 'Western, and Waterford and Limerick Junction rail ways, as also by the Waterford and Kilkenny railway. The pop. in '61 was P3,293, of whom 20,429 were Roman Catholics, and 1969 Episcopalians p alians of the Protestant Chui and in '71, 23,349, of whom 20,604 were Roman Catholics, and 1861 Protestant E isco: palians. Eight newspapers are published in Waterford. ' city with the exception of an inconsiderable suburb, with which it is connected by a bridge of 39 arches, 852
ft. long opening for the passage of ships, lies on the connected bank of the Suir, along which a handsome and spacious quay extends for a distance of nearly a mile, and from which the city ascends gradually in well-built streets. Vessels of 2,000 tons are now enabled to discharge their cargoes at the quay; but there isanchorage for still larger ships about 6 m. lower down the river, at Passage. The public buildings are the Protestant and Roman Catholic cathedrals, the Protestant Episcopal palace, the XCatholic),college of St. John, the model national school, is an , e city and county court-houses. In addition to the union workhouse, the a district lunatic asylum, and a penitentiary. T1 infirmary, a dispensary, .a fever hospital, affairs of the municipality are admin- istered by a mayor and corporation consisting g of 10 aldermen and 30 councilors; those of the port, by a body of commissioners, 24 in number, elected by the corporation and the chamber of commerce. The chief trade is with England, in the export of butter, pork, bacon, corn, flour, eggs, and live stock. The annual value of property under the vat nation act is (1879) £53,214. Steam-navigation has received a great impulse, and there is now a ship-building yard, with patent slip, graving-bank, and dock, on the Kilkenny bank of the river.
Waterford is originally of Danish foundation; but at the invasion, the citywas taken by assault by Strongbow, by whom it was enlarged, and made a place of strength. It received a charter from John, which was forfeited under James I., but restored by • Charles I. in 1626. But few remains of its ancient buildings arc now to be seen.