Rutland (city), Vermont
Rutland County
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Rutland is a town in Rutland County, the State of Vermont in the United States and the administrative center of the county with 16,495 inhabitants ( according to the census of 2010 ) .. The city was in 1892 as the third independent municipality ( to West Rutland and Proctor, both 1886) from the administrative district with the same outsourced.
After the rise of the area as an industrial center and an important marble producers, as well as the connection to the railway network 1851, the main town in 1886 was declared a " village" and on November 17, 1892 for the independent city. This Rutland solidified his status as a cultural hub of the business and the area. His biggest theater - now known as " Paramount Theatre " back in service - had about 1,000 seats. 1893 Open since 1885 horse-drawn tram was replaced by an electrically operated tram, which was in operation until 1923, but was then forced out of the emerging automobile.
With the world economic crisis in 1929, the economic decline of the city, which worsened after the Second World War and continues to this day began. One important reason was the change of the architectural style with magnificent buildings: Glass and steel repressed the marble. The quarries in the area were not busy; the decline of rail transport in the United States in favor of the car and the airplane, the city cut increasingly dependent on cheap heavy transport routes. 1953 ended the passenger transport by rail, 1963, the Rutland Railway was completely abandoned. The attempt to market the ground marble as a component of toothpaste was temporarily successful, saved the industry but only for a few years. In the 1980s and 1990s, the marble quarries of the environment had to be shut down, resulting in job losses and out-migration of labor. Between 1970 and 2000 the population of Rutland went against the trend in the U.S. and in Vermont for more than 10% from 19,293 to 17,292 inhabitants back. Meanwhile, the most important industry in Rutland mechanical engineering; largest employer in the city is General Electric.
With a large trade fair, summer events and the promotion of winter sports tourism, the city is trying since then to give yourself a new economic base. In addition, a daily train service people was taken to New York City by Amtrak with the " Ethan Allen Express" again; other routes were reopened for freight. The public transport there again, this time as an urban bus services. By 2007, this service was free, but was then occupied with increase in gasoline prices at a flat fare of 50 cents per trip.
In the city of all types of schools are available up to and including college. A public library completes the training program. The Municipal Hospital was founded in 1895 and provides the citizens of the city in a new, now extended several times since construction in 1958.
Many buildings in Rutland are on the National Register of Historic Places, including large, contiguous parts of downtown.
Population Development
Sons and daughters of the town
For persons who were born before the city was founded in 1892 here, see the article on the county of Rutland.
- Robert Stafford (1913-2006), politician, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senator
- Andrea Mead - Lawrence (1932-2009), alpine skier, a participant in the Winter Olympics in 1948 and two-time Olympic champion in 1952.
- Jim Jeffords (* 1934), politician and U.S. Senator
- Aaron Lewis (born 1972 ), singer and songwriter
Nearby Cities
- North: Brandon, 24 km
- East Woodstock, 37 km
- South: Wallingford, 14 km
- Southwest: Poultney, 24 km
- West: West Rutland, 6 km
- Northwest: Benson, 30 km