Utica

Utica, city (1990 pop. 68,637), seat of Oneida co., central N.Y., on the Mohawk River and the Erie Canal, in a large dairy region; inc. 1862. It is a port of entry, and its manufactures include textiles, electronic equipment, machinery, tools, and metal products. Settled in 1773 on the site of old Fort Schuyler (1758), it was destroyed (1776) in a Native American and Tory attack and resettled after the Revolution. Its location on the Erie and other canals and on the railroads stimulated its industrial development. Utica has an extensive park system, with winter and summer sports facilities. It is the seat of Utica College (a branch of Syracuse Univ.), the State Univ. of New York College of Technology, and a state psychiatric center.

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