Editing Harlingen, Netherlands (section)

=== 19th century ===
Harlingen's port remained significant in the 19th century. Already in the 1820s, the [[Amsterdamsche Stoomboot Maatschappij]] made a stop at Harlingen part of her Amsterdam-Hamburg line. While this was later omitted, Harlingen would retain a steam powered line to Amsterdam. Steam powered ships opened some new opportunities, especially for the export of agricultural products to England. By 1846 this was very important for the Frisian economy and led to severe competition between the shipping lines.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010090402:mpeg21:p006 |work=Nederlandsche staatscourant |title=Binnenlandsche Berigten |date=24 February 1847 }}</ref> After some time, the St. Petersburg Steamship Company came to dominate the export to London. The export of life cattle was much easier with steam boats and became important because cattle had to be slaughtered near the place of consumpton. By 1870 the [[General Steam Navigation Company]] (GSNC) also had a regular cattle line between London and Harlingen.{{sfn|Forrester|2006|p=113}} In April 1876 GSNC acquired the boats of the Petersburg Steamship Company and thus elimated this competitor.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010062527:mpeg21:p002 |work=Het nieuws van den dag : kleine courant |title=Gemengs Nieuws |date=3 May 1876 }}</ref> In 1896 the route to Harlingen was one of GSNC's most profitable lines.{{sfn|Forrester|2006|p=163}} In the late 1890s, the GSNC ships on this line got cooling facilities.{{sfn|Forrester|2006|p=171}} This allowed the export of the famous Frisian dairy products, especially butter with even less damage during transport.

The [[Harlingen–Nieuweschans railway]] was constructed between 1863 and 1868, before either [[Leeuwarden railway station|Leeuwarden station]] or [[Groningen railway station|Groningen station]] got a connection to the south. This might have been related to the importance of the harbor of Harlingen. Later on Harlingen got a connection to a local light rail train service. From 1904 to 1935 there was a passenger service on the [[North Friesland Railway]], freight being carried until January 1938.

The famous Dutch writer [[Simon Vestdijk]] was born in Harlingen and used to depict his hometown in his writings as Lahringen.

The town of [[Harlingen, Texas]], in the [[United States]] is named after this city because many of the original settlers of the [[Texas]] town came from Harlingen.