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== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_78208" /> ==
<p> The most important British naval station, a seaport and market-town, is situated on [[Portsea]] Island, on the coast of Hants, 15 m. SE. of Southampton. It is an unimposing town, but strongly fortified. St. Thomas's and [[Garrison]] [[Chapel]] are old churches with historical associations. The naval dockyards contain 12 docks lined with masonry, vast store-houses, wood-mills, anchor-forges, and building-slips. Some of the docks are roofed over, as also is a large building-slip on which four vessels may be constructed at once. The harbour can receive the largest war-vessels, and in [[Spithead]] roadstead 1000 ships can anchor at once. The trade of [[Portsmouth]] is dependent on the dockyards. It owes its defences to [[Edward]] IV. Elizabeth, and [[William]] III. It was the scene of Buckingham's assassination and of the loss of the <i> [[Royal]] [[George]] </i> . Three novelists were born here—Dickens, Meredith, and Besant. </p>
<p> 1, largest city of New Hampshire, and only seaport in the State, on the Piscataqua River, 3 m. from the ocean; is by rail 57 m. NE. of Boston, a handsome old town and favourite watering-place; near it is a U.S. navy-yard. 2,, On the [[Ohio]] River, in Ohio; is the centre of an extensive iron industry. 3,, Seaport and naval station on the [[Elizabeth]] River, Virginia. </p>
       
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<ref name="term_78202"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/portsmouth+(2) Portsmouth from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref>
 
<ref name="term_78208"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/portsmouth Portsmouth from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref>
       
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia [1]

1, largest city of New Hampshire, and only seaport in the State, on the Piscataqua River, 3 m. from the ocean; is by rail 57 m. NE. of Boston, a handsome old town and favourite watering-place; near it is a U.S. navy-yard. 2,, On the Ohio River, in Ohio; is the centre of an extensive iron industry. 3,, Seaport and naval station on the Elizabeth River, Virginia.

References

  1. ↑ Portsmouth from The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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