The Flour City
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The Flour City is a historic nickname for Rochester, New York, reflecting its 19th-century prominence as a major flour-milling center powered by the Genesee River.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Flour City canonical | 1 |
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | nickname ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Rochester
ⓘ
surface form:
Rochester, New York
|
| associatedWithCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| associatedWithEconomicRole |
major U.S. flour-milling center
ⓘ
regional trade hub for grain ⓘ |
| associatedWithHistoricalStatus | one of the leading flour-milling cities in the United States in the 19th century ⓘ |
| associatedWithIndustry |
flour milling
ⓘ
grain processing ⓘ |
| associatedWithInfrastructure |
flour mills
ⓘ
grain elevators ⓘ water-powered mills ⓘ |
| associatedWithMunicipalityType | city ⓘ |
| associatedWithProduct | wheat flour ⓘ |
| associatedWithRegion |
Genesee River watershed
ⓘ
surface form:
Genesee River Valley
|
| associatedWithResource | water power from Genesee River falls ⓘ |
| associatedWithRiver | Genesee River ⓘ |
| associatedWithState | New York ⓘ |
| associatedWithTransportation | Erie Canal era commerce ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
Flower City
ⓘ
surface form:
The Flower City
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| followedBy |
Flower City
ⓘ
surface form:
The Flower City
|
| hasCulturalSignificance | symbol of Rochester’s industrial origins ⓘ |
| hasEtymology | derived from the word "flour" ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| hasOriginReason |
Rochester’s prominence as a flour-milling center
ⓘ
water power from the Genesee River ⓘ |
| hasSpellingNote | often confused with "Flower City" ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
expansion of grain markets in the 19th century United States
ⓘ
industrialization of the northeastern United States ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
New York
ⓘ
surface form:
New York State
Upstate New York (broad sense) ⓘ
surface form:
Upstate New York
|
| precededBy | frontier settlement era of Rochester ⓘ |
| refersTo |
Rochester
ⓘ
surface form:
Rochester, New York
|
| timeOfProminence |
early 19th century
ⓘ
mid-19th century ⓘ |
| usedAs |
historic nickname
ⓘ
promotional nickname ⓘ |
| usedIn |
local historical narratives about Rochester
ⓘ
tourism and heritage materials about Rochester ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.