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workers' housing and day nurseries. Mechanised industry originally owed its development in the pioneering days to the topographical conditions. Water-rich streams and rivers flow through the municipality and their water power was utilised from the middle of the 19th century: Mechanical spinning mills were the first to set up along Wald's waterways. With the construction of reservoirs, electricity could soon be produced and utilised. A large number of weaving mills were established, making Wald the textile metropolis of the Zurich
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Wald has an area of 25.2 km (9.7 sq mi). Of this area, 53.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 33.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 12% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.8%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). In 1996 housing and
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