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HARLINGEN

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 955 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HARLINGEN , a seaport in the See also:

province of See also:Friesland, See also:Holland, on the Zuider Zee, and the See also:terminus of the railway and See also:canal from See also:Leeuwarden (152 M. E.). It is connected by See also:steam See also:tramway by way of Bolswaard with See also:Sneek. Pop. (1900) 10,448. Harlingen has become the most considerable seaport of Friesland since the construction of the large See also:outer See also:harbour in 1870–1877, and in addition to railway and steamship connexion with See also:Bremen, See also:Amsterdam, and the See also:southern provinces there are See also:regular sailings to See also:Hull and See also:London. Powerful sluices protect the inner harbour from the high tides. The only noteworthy buildings are the See also:town See also:hall (1730–1733), the See also:West See also:church, which consists of a See also:part of the former See also:castle of Harlingen, the See also:Roman See also:Catholic church, the Jewish See also:synagogue and the See also:schools of See also:navigation and of See also:design. The See also:chief See also:trade of Harlingen is theexportation of Frisian produce, namely, See also:butter and See also:cheese, See also:cattle, See also:sheep, See also:fish, potatoes, See also:flax, &c. There is also a considerable import trade in See also:timber, See also:coal, raw See also:cotton, See also:hemp and jute for the Twente factories. The See also:local See also:industries are unimportant, consisting of saw-See also:mills, rope-yards, See also:salt refineries, and See also:sail-See also:cloth and See also:margarine factories.

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