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Scheldt - LoveToKnow 1911 |
 | | The Scheldt has a length of 250 m., of which, by a skilful arrangement of locks, not less than 207 m. |
 | | By the treaty of Munster in 1648 the Dutch obtained the right to close the Scheldt to navigation, and they clung tenaciously to it for over two centuries. |
 | | In 1839 on the final dissolution of the kingdom of the Netherlands, Holland gave definite form to this right by fixing the toll, and by obtaining the assent of the powers to the arrangement which fettered the trade of Antwerp. |
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