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Originally appearing in Volume V11, Page 549 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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GEESTEMINDE , a seaport See also:

TOWN

town of See also:

Germany, in the Prussian See also:

province of See also:

Hanover, on the right See also:

BANK

bank of the See also:

WESER (O. Ger. Visuracha, Wisura, Lat. Visurgis)

Weser, at the mouth of the Geeste, which separates it from See also:

BREMERHAVEN

Bremerhaven, 32 M. N. from See also:

BREMEN

Bremen by See also:

RAIL

rail. Pop. (1905) 23,625. The See also:

INTEREST

interest of the See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place is purely See also:

NAVAL

naval and commercial, its origin dating no farther back than 1857, when the construction of the See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour was begun. The See also:

GREAT

great See also:

basin, which can accommodate large See also:

sea-going vessels, was completed in 1863, the See also:

PETROLEUM (Lat. Petra, rock, and oleuin, oil)

petroleum basin was opened in 1874, and additional wharves have been constructed for the reception of vessels engaged in the fishing See also:

INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry. The See also:

fish See also:

MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market of Geestemunde is the most important in Germany, and the See also:

AUCTION

auction See also:

hall practically determines the See also:

price of fish throughout the See also:

EMPIRE

empire. The whole See also:

PORT

port is protected by powerful fortifications. Among the See also:

INDUSTRIAL

industrial establishments of the town are See also:

SHIPBUILDING

shipbuilding yards, foundries, See also:

ENGINEERING

engineering See also:

WORKS

works and saw-See also:

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