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- ↑ "InStoria – Lo stabilimento Whitehead di Fiume". www.instoria.it. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
- ↑ WASS History Archived 22 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ WASS Company Archived 22 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine
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