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BOCHUM , a See also:

town of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:province of See also:Westphalia, 11 m. by See also:rail See also:west from See also:Dortmund. Pop. (1905) 118,000. It is a centre of the See also:iron and See also:steel See also:industries, producing principally See also:cast steel, cast iron, iron pipes, See also:wire and wire See also:ropes, and lamps, with See also:tin and See also:zinc See also:works, See also:coal-See also:mining, factories for carpets, See also:calcium See also:carbide and See also:paper-roofing, brickworks and breweries. The Bochumer Verein See also:fur Bergbau (mining) and Gusstahl Fabrication (steel manufacture) is one of the See also:principal See also:trusts in this See also:industry, founded in 1854. There are a mining and a metallurgical school.

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