ra seen', the county-seat of Racine co., 23 mi. s. of Milwaukee, on Lake Michigan, at the head of the Root River, and on the Chicago & Northwestern and the Chicago, Milwaukee & Saint Paul railroads. The city is regularly laid out, on an elevation of about 40 feet above the lake. It has a good harbor and conducts a large trade in farm products and manufactured goods. Racine is an important manufacturing center, producing agricultural implements, wagons, flour, boots, shoes, trunks, valises and various foundry, machine shop and lumber mill products. It contains the Saint Luke's Hospital, Taylor Orphan Asylum, Racine College, Saint Catherine's Academy, a public library, and college and Y.M.C.A. libraries. It was settled in 1834 and was chartered as a city in 1848. Population in 1910, 38,002.