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GALLARATE

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Originally appearing in Volume V11, Page 413 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GALLARATE  , a See also:

town of See also:Lombardy, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Milan, from which it is 25 M . N.W. by See also:rail . Pop . (1901) 12,002 . The town is of See also:medieval origin . It is remarkable mainly for its textile factories . It is the junction of See also:railways to See also:Varese, Laveno and See also:Arona (for the Simplon) . Six See also:miles to the W. are the electric See also:works of Vizzola, the largest in See also:Europe, where 23,000 h.p. are derived from the See also:river See also:Ticino .

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