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Vado Ligure
Comune in Liguria, Italy From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Vado Ligure (Ligurian: Voæ), in antiquity Vada Sabatia, is a port town and comune in the province of Savona, Liguria, in northern Italy. The town despite its size has become one of the largest ports in Northwest Italy.
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Economy
Vado has a large industrial and commercial port.
Vado Ligure is home to a railway construction plant, founded in 1905 as Società Italiana Westinghouse. In 1919 it was taken over by Tecnomasio Italia Brown Boveri and, since 2001, it has been part of Bombardier Transportation. It currently produces the FS Class E.464 locomotives.
The town's territory also includes an electric power plant, whose two towers, 200 metres (660 ft) high, are visible for kilometres in the neighbourhood.
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Twin towns
La Ravoire, France, since 2002[3]
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