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Appleton

City in Calumet, Winnebago, and Outagamie (of which it is administrative headquarters) counties, east-central Wisconsin, USA; population (2000) 70,100. It is located 30 km/19 mi northwest of Oshkosh and 145 km/90mi north of Milwaukee, on the River Fox, near Lake Winnebago, in a rich dairying and farming region. Paper, pulp, paper and wood products, canned goods, beer, and building materials are among the city's manufactures.

Appleton was founded in 1847 and was incorporated as a city in 1857. It claims to have the world's first hydroelectric plant, built in 1882; the swift-flowing Fox River falls 10 m/33 ft within the city limits, and provided power for the project. Waterpower, which today generates electricity for the city and its surrounding area, was a major factor in Appleton's industrialization; in the 19th century it made the city a sawmill centre. Appleton is the home to Lawrence University (1847), as well as the Lawrence Conservatory of Music and the Institute of Paper Chemistry.

The Hungarian-born US magician Harry Houdini lived in Appleton from infancy.



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