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ID: 7010932
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7010932
Record Type:
administrative
Lowestoft (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 52 29 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 52.4833
decimal degrees
Long: 001 45 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 1.7500
decimal degrees
Note:
Originally a Danish settlement located on Lowestoft Ness; center for Lowestoft china 1757-1802; with coming of railways in 1847, town grew into fishing port & seaside resort; has some light industry; site of German raids during WW I.
Names:
Lowestoft
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Place Types:
inhabited place (
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was settled by Danes
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manufacturing center (
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port (
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Sources and Contributors:
Lowestoft..........
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Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
VII, 525
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NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
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Times Atlas of the World (1994)
116
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Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
VII, 525
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NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
-2602144
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Times Atlas of the World (1994)
116
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English
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