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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 516 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BRIARE , a See also:

town of See also:north-central See also:France in the See also:department of Loiret on the right See also:bank of the See also:Loire, 452 M. S.E. of See also:Orleans on the railway to See also:Nevers. Pop. (1906) 4613. Briare, the Brivodorum of the See also:Romans, is situated at the extremity of the See also:Canal of Briare, which unites the Loire and its lateral canal with the Loing and so with the See also:Seine. The canal of Briare was constructed from 16o5 to 1642 and is about 36 m. See also:long. The See also:industries include the manufacture of See also:fine pottery, and of so-called See also:porcelain buttons made of See also:felspar and See also:milk by a See also:special See also:process; its inventor, Bapterosses, has a bust in the town. The canal See also:traffic is in See also:wood, See also:iron, See also:coal, See also:building materials, &c. A See also:modern See also:hospital and See also:church, and the hotel de ville installed in an old moated See also:chateau, are the See also:chief buildings. The lateral canal of the Loire crosses the Loire near Briare by a fine canal-See also:bridge 720 yds. in length.

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