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VLAARDINGEN

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 166 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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VLAARDINGEN  , a

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river
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port of
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Holland, in the
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province of
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South Holland, on the
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Maas, 6 m. by
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rail W. of
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Rotterdam . Pop . 17,000 . A very old
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town and the seat of a former margraviate belonging to the
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counts of Holland, Vlaardingen is now chiefly important as the centre of the
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great
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herring and
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cod
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fisheries of the
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North
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Sea . Its only ornaments are the old
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market-
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place and the gardens formed by the
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purchase in 1825 of a seat called the
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Hof . The
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chief
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industries are those connected with the large fishing
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trade .

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