The New Student's Reference Work/Hudson, N. Y.

Hudson, N. Y., a city, port of entry, county-seat of Columbia County, on the Hudson River, about 30 miles from Albany. It is in an agricultural region, and has the following manufacturing establishments: Sash and blind factories and foundries and it makes machinery, car wheels, knit goods, and creamery products. The notable buildings are the State House of Refuge for Women, the State Volunteer Firemen's Home, the hospital, the orphanage, etc. The city owns and operates the waterworks. Claverack Landing was settled in 1783, became Hudson in 1784, was incorporated in 1785, and was made a port of entry in 1790. It has the service of two railroads. Population 11,417.