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| | RAILWAY LINES in the 19th century |
 | | Rauma, which first received the privilege of being called a town in 1442, is one of the six Finnish towns dating from the middle ages. |
 | | Rauma had at the end of the 19th century one of the largest tonnage of sailing ships in Finland, and this brought wealth and an intensive reconstruction period within. |
 | | In 1892 Rauma town decided to build its own railway from the state railways Tampere-Pori line, which was under construction, to Rauma, and to construct a modern harbor, so the railway could benefit as a bridge line from the traffic volumes. |
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