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Coldwater

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Coldwater

City in southern Michigan, USA, on the Sauk River, 45 km/28 mi south-southeast of Battle Creek and 19 km/12 mi north of the Indiana border; seat of Branch County; population (1990) 9,600. A trade centre in a fruit, grain, and dairying region, it mills flour and manufactures marine engines, plastics, cement, furnaces, furniture, and clothing.

This lake resort was founded in 1830 and grew as a Chicago Turnpike village. Its Tibbits Opera House (1882) has long been a major Midwestern entertainment venue. Coldwater Lake, 11 km/7 mi to the south, is the largest of many nearby lakes.



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The Coldwater was one of the first of the air and underwater craft which have been so greatly improved since its launching, and was possessed of innumerable weaknesses which, fortunately, have been eliminated in more recent vessels of similar type.
The Lost Continent by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
People may say what they will about the refreshing influences of a coldwater bath, but commend me when in a perspiration to the shade baths of Tior, beneath the cocoanut trees, and amidst the cool delightful atmosphere which surrounds them.
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