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Industry grew around
Sloterdijk in the 19th century. On 20 September 1839, the first train to operate in The Netherlands traveled from Sloterdijk to Haarlem. The new rail line between Amsterdam and Haarlem ran parallel to the Haarlemmertrekvaart, but for half a century the line passed through without
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Sloterdijk railway station in 1956 should have meant the end of the village. Earlier, in 1860, much of the town was destroyed in a great fire, but had been rebuilt. The construction of the
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was laid along the south bank of this inlet. In this vicinity at the same time, a dam on the
Slochter (or Slooter) river was built, the Slooterdam. Trade grew in the vicinity, and in 1465 a
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Amsterdam was divided into boroughs, Sloterdijk became part of the new borough of
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