Moline, a city of Illinois, on the Mississippi, 179 miles by rail W. by S. of Chicago, and separated from Rock Island only by a swift and narrow channel affording great water-power, which is utilised by means of a dam. There are many busy mills and factories here. Pop. (1890) 11,995.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 7: Maltebrun to Pearson, p. 258
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