Galēna [1]

Galēna [1]

Galēna (spr. Galihne, d.i. Bleiglanz), Hauptstadt der Grafschaft Jo Davieß im Staate Illinois (Nordamerika), am Fevre-River; mehrere schöne Kirchen, katholisches Waisenhaus, Kloster der Sisters of Mercy; Gewerbthätigkeit, Handel, Dampfschifffahrt nach St. Louis, St. Pauls u. anderen Handelsstädten am Mississippi; Zweigbahn nach Peru zum Anschluß an die Illinois-Central-Eisenbahn. Die Stadt wurde erst 1826 angelegt; 1853 über 8000 Ew. In der Nähe reiche Blei- u. Kupferminen (1852 über 40 Mill. Pfund Blei Ausbeute).


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