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HELLEVOETSLUIS, or HELVOETSLUIS

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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 246 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HELLEVOETSLUIS, or HELVOETSLUIS  , a fortified seaport in the province of South Holland, the
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kingdom of Holland, on the south side of the island of Voorne-and-Putted, on the sea-arm known as the Haringvliet, 54 in . S. of Brielle . It has daily steam-boat connexion with
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Rotterdam by the Voornsche Canal . Pop . (igloo), 4152 . Hellevoetsluis is an important
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naval station, and possesses a. naval
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arsenal, dry and wet docks, wharves and a naval college for engineers . Among the public buildings arc thecommunal chambers, a Reformed church (1661), a
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Roman Catholic church and a synagogue .

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