MASSENA, ma-se'na, N. Y., village, in Saint Lawrence County, on the Grasse River, and on the New York Central and Hudson River and the Grand Trunk railroads, about 35 miles northeast of Ogdensburg. It was set tled by people from Vermont, about 1802, and was incorporated as a village in 1886. It is situated in a rich agricultural region, in which the chief products are hay, potatoes, dairy prod ucts and apples. Massena Springs, just outside the village limits, is one with the village in commercial and industrial interests, and is a famous resort on account of its medicinal springs. Great opportunities for manufactur ing are afforded by the plant of the Saint rence River Power Company, which has a capacity of 40,000 horse power, and which can easily be increased. This power has been se cured by diverting a small portion of the waters of the Saint Lawrence River through a canal, three miles long, into turbines, which have di rect connection with electric generators, and thence into the Grasse River. The canal starts
at the head of the Long Sault rapids in the Saint Lawrence, and is 200 feet wide and 18 feet in depth. Owing to the peculiar forma tion of the country here, the point at the head of the rapids is 45 feet higher than the point where the canal enters the Grasse River, which is a tributary of the Saint Lawrence. The Grasse acts as a tail race, carrying the water back into the Saint Lawrence. Two bridges span the canal. By using the Grasse River and the canal there is now a passage wholly within the United States for steamers around the un navigable rapids. The power plant at Massena is second only to Niagara as a centralized power supply station. The chief industrial es tablishments are reduction works, veneering works, mineral filler works, sash and door works, aluminum factory and dairies. There are several churches, banks, a high school and public schools. Massena is the business centre for a population of 60,000. Pop. 2,951.