26 Facts About Manchester NH

Manchester NH is a city in southern New Hampshire, United States.

Manchester NH is, along with Nashua, one of two seats of New Hampshire's most populous county, Hillsborough County.

Manchester NH's vision was to create a great industrial center similar to that of the original Manchester in England, which was the world's first industrialized city.

Manchester NH envisioned a great industrial center arising, "the Manchester of America", in reference to Manchester, England, then at the forefront of the Industrial Revolution.

Manchester NH was formerly home to a streetcar network, the Manchester NH Street Railway.

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Manchester NH's economy benefitted from World War II, as the city was already well-positioned and equipped with industry to handle war-time production.

The University of New Hampshire at Manchester NH opened a campus in the Millyard during this time, and Segway inventor Dean Kamen purchased two old mill buildings which became the headquarters for DEKA.

Manchester NH has continued to grow steadily and transform itself into a cultural and commerce hub for the state of New Hampshire.

Manchester NH is in south-central New Hampshire, 18 miles south of Concord, the state capital, and the same distance north of Nashua, the second-largest city in the state.

Manchester NH is 51 miles north-northwest of Boston, the largest city in New England.

Manchester NH is drained by the Merrimack River and its tributaries the Piscataquog River and Cohas Brook.

The highest point in Manchester NH is atop Wellington Hill, where the elevation reaches 570 feet above sea level.

Manchester NH Planning Board, in its 2010 Master Plan, defines 25 neighborhoods within the city.

Urban core of Manchester NH extends beyond its city limits in several directions, particularly west and south of downtown, including:.

Manchester NH has a four-season humid continental climate, with long, cold, snowy winters, and very warm and somewhat humid summers; spring and fall in between are crisp and relatively brief transitions.

Manchester NH is nicknamed the Queen City, as well as the more recently coined "Manch Vegas".

In 1998, Manchester NH was named the "Number One Small City in the East" by Money magazine.

Manchester NH is the home of Segway, Inc, manufacturers of a two-wheeled, self-balancing electric vehicle invented by Dean Kamen.

Many new retail stores and higher education institutions, including the University of New Hampshire at Manchester NH, have been uniquely retro-fitted into properties along Commercial and Canal Street.

Manchester NH has three main retail areas: downtown Manchester NH, South Willow Street, and Second Street on the West Side.

Manchester NH has a growing collective of artists, due in large part to the influx of young students at the New Hampshire Institute of Art, Southern New Hampshire University, and the University of New Hampshire at Manchester NH.

Slam Free or Die, New Hampshire's only weekly slam poetry venue, is in Manchester NH and was voted "Best Poetry Venue in the World" by readers of Write Bloody Publishing.

Manchester NH is the only city in New Hampshire with a professional sports team: three-time Eastern League champions, the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, play at Delta Dental Stadium - formerly Northeast Delta Dental Stadium.

Manchester NH is on the northern edge of the Boston television market.

Possibility of returning train service, with Manchester NH being served by the "Capital Corridor", an extension of the MBTA commuter rail from its current terminus in Lowell, Massachusetts, to Concord, which would include a stop at Manchester NH-Boston Regional Airport, is being studied by the New Hampshire Rail Transit Authority and New Hampshire Department of Transportation, which have received federal funding for studying and planning the route.

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City of Manchester NH is protected all year by the 200 paid, professional firefighters of the City of Manchester NH Fire Department.