| The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07. |
| |
| Moline |
| |
| |
(m l n´) (KEY) , city (1990 pop. 43,202), Rock Island co., NW Ill., on the Mississippi River, in a coal area; inc. 1848. It is a transportation and industrial center, and has been a major producer of farm machinery since the industrialist John Deere moved there in 1847. Other manufactures are elevators and industrial equipment. A military arsenal is nearby. Moline, with Rock Island and Davenport and Bettendorf, Iowa, is part of a regional economic unit called the Quad Cities. |
| |
| | | The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Copyright © 2007 Columbia University Press. |
|
|
