The New Student's Reference Work/Racine, Wis.

Racine′, Wis., is a prosperous manufacturing city at the mouth of Root River, 23 miles south of Milwaukee. Racine's position on a bluff, fifty feet above Lake Michigan, gives an excellent drainage as well as a beautiful view of the lake. Racine is noted for the manufacture of wagons, thrashing-machines, boots, shoes, boilers, engines, boats, malleable iron and automobiles. There are three banks, a public library and an excellent system of public schools. Population 38,002.