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LEFT WATERTOWN 317 WATKIN river here has rapids and falls which furnish good water power and is spanned by a number of bridges. The city con- tains the Convent of the Immaculate Conception, Irving School, a high school, State armory, Henry Keep Home for the Aged, business college, Orphans' Home, public library, public park. National and savings banks, electric street railroads, eiectric lights, and daily, weekly, and monthly periodicals. It has manufac- tories of machinery, sleighs, electrical apparatus, furniture, printing presses, agricultural implements, air and vacuum brakes, carriages, wagons, woolen goods, paper, thermometers, lamps, tinware, etc. Pop. (1910) 26,730; (1920) 31,285. WATERTOWN, a city of South Da- kota, the county-seat of Codington co. It is on the Big Sioux river, and on the Chicago and Northwestern, the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific, the Great Northern, and other railroads. In the midst of picturesque scenery and a popu- lar summer resort, it is also the center of an important farming and cattle- raising region, and has grain elevators, and warehouses, flour mills, and manu- factories of agricultural implements, car- riages, etc. Pop. (1910) 7,010; (1920) 9,400. WATERTOWN, a city in Dodge and Jefferson cos.. Wis.; on the Rock river, and on the Chicago and Northwestern, and the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul railroads; 45 miles W. by N. W. of Milwaukee. Here are the Northwestern University (Luth.), the Sacred Heart University (R. C), a high school, several churches, libraries, electric lights, Na- tional and State banks, and daily and weekly newspapers. Watertown is an important barley and cheese market, and has a shoe factory, foundry, brass works, mills, etc. Pop. (1910) 8,829; (1920) 9,299. WATER TURKEY, the Plotus an- hinga. According to Ripley and Dana, this bird is a constant resident in Florida, and the lower parts of Louisiana, Alabama, and Georgia; in spring it goes up as far N. as North Carolina, breed- ing along the coast; in these various localities it bears the name of water crow, Grecian lady, water turkey, and cormorant. WATER VASCULAR, in biology, a term applied to a system of canals, in the Annuloidea. They communicate with the exterior, and open internally into the perivisceral cavity. Their function is not certainly known, but they are probably excretory and respiratory. WATERVILLE, a village in Kenne- bec CO., Me.: on the Kennebec river, and Cjw 21 on the Maine Central railroad; 18 milea N. of Augusta. Here are Colby College {q. v.), Coburn Classical Institute, high school, several libraries, waterworks, street railroad and electric light plants, National and savings banks, and a num- ber of daily, weekly, and monthly periodi- cals. The city contains the car and locomotive works of the Maine Central railroad. It also has pulp, paper, and cotton mills, sawmills, plow, axe, hoe, and scythe factories, machine shops, tan- neries, etc. Pop. (1910) 11,458; (1920) 13,351. WATER VINE, in botany, the Phy- tocrene gigantea, a large climber occur- ring in Martaban. The wood, which is soft and porous, discharges when wounded a quantitj^ of pure, tasteless, and wholesome fluid, drunk by the natives. Also the Tety-acera potatoria, a climber about 20 feet long, with yellow flowers. A native of Sierra Leone. WATERVLIET, a city in Albany co., N. Y.; on the Hudson river, the Erie canal, and the Delaware and Hudson railroad; opposite Troy. Prior to 1896 it was known as the village of West Troy. Here are the famous Watervliet Arsenal, founded in 1807 by the United States Government, street railroads, elec- tric lights, numerous churches, a National bank, and a weekly newspaper. The ar- senal plant contains extensive foundries, and shops for the manufacture of siege, coast defense, and field guns, shot and shell, gun carriages, and small ammuni- tion. The citjr also has large car works, and an extensive and noted bell foundry. Pop. (1910) 15,074; (1920) 16,073. WATER WHEEL. See TURBINE: Water Power. WATKIN, SIR EDWARD WILLIAM, an English railway manager; born in Northenden, Cheshire, England, in 1819. He was engaged in his father's London warehouse from the time he was 10 years old, till 1845, when he was ap- pointed secretary to the Trent Valley Railroad Company. From this post he came by stages to be general manager of the London and Northwestern Com- pany, director and chairman of the Man- chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Rail- way, president of the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada, chairman of the South Eastern, and director of the Great Western and Great Eastern Companies. While he was president of the Canadian road he undertook, at the instance of the Duke of Newcastle, negotiations with the five British North American prov- inces, which resulted in the passage of the Confederation Act and the establish- ment of the union between the provinces. VoLX