Poughkeepsie (city), New York

Poughkeepsie is a city in New York and serves as the county seat of Dutchess County. Poughkeepsie is located in the Hudson River Valley between New York City and Albany, and the Town of Poughkeepsie surrounds it on three sides. As of the 2000 census, the city of Poughkeepsie had a population of 29,871.

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City - New York - County seat - Dutchess County - Hudson River Valley - New York City - Albany - Town of Poughkeepsie - 2000

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Commuter service to New York City is available by train, served by Metro-North Railroad, the city being Metro-North's northern terminus. Amtrak also stops in Poughkeepsie, continuing north along the Hudson River to Albany.

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Train - Metro-North Railroad - Amtrak - Hudson River

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IBM has a large campus in Poughkeepsie (still referred to by many as IBM's "Main Plant"). A factory on site once built the IBM Stretch Computer as well as later machines such as the IBM System/360 model 195. However, the main IBM campus is actually in the Town of Poughkeepsie, a separate municipality from the City of Poughkeepsie.

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IBM - IBM Stretch - Computer - IBM System/360 model 195 - Town of Poughkeepsie

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