1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
SUNDSVALL, a seaport of Sweden in the district (l&n) of Vesternorrland, on a wide bay of the Baltic, at the north of the Selanger River, 360 m. N. by W. of Stockholm, the terminus of a branch from Ange on the northern railway. Pop. (1900), 14,831. It was rebuilt in brick and stone after a destructive fire in 1888. In the town and its vicinity are numerous steam saw-mills, besides wood-pulp factories, steelworks, brickworks, engineering shops, breweries and joineries, but Sundsvall owes its chief importance to its e…
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