Harpers Ferry

Harpers Ferry

Harpers Ferry (ursprünglich Schenandoah Falls), Postort in der Grafschaft Jefferson des Staates Virginia (Nordamerika), am Zusammenfluß der Schenandoah u. Potomac Rivers, welche dann vereinigt hier die Blue Ridge durchbrechen (eine der malerischsten Naturschönheiten in den Vereinigten Staaten); lebhafter Handel u. Gewerbthätigkeit, 4 Kirchen, Gewehrfabrik u. Zeughaus der Vereinigten Staaten; Eisenbahnverbindung mit Baltimore u. Winchester; auf dem jenseitigen Ufer des Potomac geht der Ohio Chesapeake Kanal ab; 2000 Ew.


Pierer's Lexicon. 1857–1865.

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