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

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