The New Student's Reference Work/Little Falls, N. Y.

Little Falls, N. Y., a picturesque city in Herkimer County, on Mohawk River and the Erie Canal, is in the north-central part of the state, 23 miles east of Utica.  The West Shore and New York Central and Hudson River railroads pass through it, and it is a terminus for the Little Falls and Dolge-ville and Utica and Mohawk Valley railroads.  The Mohawk falls 45 feet within the city-limits, affording an abundance of water-power for the city’s industries.  The manufactures include knitgoods, paper, dairy machinery and preparations, knitting machinery, leather, bicycles, sectional bookcases, carriages and furnaces.  There are many schools and churches.  Population 12,273.