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Oswego

American  
[os-wee-goh] / ɒsˈwi goʊ /

noun

  1. a town in NW Oregon.

  2. a port in W New York, on Lake Ontario.


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He attributes the potential recovery to the restart of the subsidiary’s Oswego aluminum plant, which should boost volumes.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

The chief sponsor of the bill, Senate President Rob Wagner, a Democrat representing the Portland suburb of Lake Oswego, also declined to answer when asked if he was aware of Oregon’s investigations into Dundon’s businesses.

From Salon • Mar. 30, 2026

Two fires triggered the monthslong outage at Oswego.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

The moves come after a September 16 fire at the Novelis aluminum plant in Oswego, New York.

From Barron's • Oct. 23, 2025

The energetic group of Oswego men who had promoted the building of the Lake Ontario Shore, hoped to duplicate the success of the Suspension Bridge there at Lewiston.

From The Story of the Rome, Watertown, and Ogdensburg RailRoad by Hungerford, Edward

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