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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 158 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ANZIN , a See also:

town of See also:northern See also:France, in the See also:department of See also:Nord, on the See also:Scheldt, Ia m. N.W. of See also:Valenciennes, of which it is a suburb. Pop. (1906) 14,077. Anzin is the centre of important See also:coal-mines of the Valenciennes See also:basin belonging to the Anzin See also:Company, the formation of which See also:dates to 1717. The metallurgical See also:industries of the See also:place are extensive, and include See also:iron and See also:copper See also:founding and the manufacture of See also:steam-engines, machinery, See also:chain-cables and a See also:great variety of heavy iron goods. There are also See also:glass-See also:works and breweries.

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