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Population: 60,268 Bristol is also considered the "Mum City" of the USA because of the many Chrysanthemums grown and sold to various states and Canada. As with many other towns and cities across New England, Bristol earned its nickname as a distinction of its industrial prominence. Throughout the early and middle 1800s, Bristol was the premiere clock manufacturing center in the world. Clock manufacturing caused a host of other related industries to grow along with it. The most notable of these satellite industries was the spring industry. Albert and Edward Rockwell came to Bristol in 1888 to take advantage of the industrial climate and start their "new departure" in bell manufacturing. Their invention used a spring driven mechanism to ring a doorbell rather than the commonly used electrical battery. The Rockwell brothers' invention was so successful that their New Departure Bell Co. grew into one of the largest bell factories in America, giving Bristol its distinction as the Bell City.
