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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 823 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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RUHRORT , a See also:

TOWN

town of See also:

Germany, in the Prussian See also:

RHINE (Lat. Rhenus, Ger. Rhein, Fr. Rhin, Dutch Rhyn, or Rijn)

Rhine See also:

province, situated at the junction of the See also:

RUHR

Ruhr and the Rhine, in the midst of a productive See also:

COAL

coal See also:

DISTRICT

district, 15 rn. N. of See also:

DUSSELDORF

Dusseldorf and 12 E. of See also:

CREFELD, or KREFELD

Crefeld by See also:

RAIL

rail. Ruhrort has the largest See also:

RIVER

river 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 in See also:

EUROPE

Europe, with quays extending nearly 5 M. along the river, and it is the See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

SHIPPING

shipping See also:

PORT

port for the coal of the Westphalian coalfield, which is despatched in the See also:

FLEET

fleet of See also:

steam-tugs and See also:

BARGES

barges belonging to the port. The coal is sent principally to See also:

South Germany and the See also:

NETHERLANDS

Netherlands. See also:

GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

Grain and See also:

TIMBER

timber are also exported and See also:

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron ore is imported. In 1905 the port was entered and cleared by over 27,000 vessels of 7,418,065 tons. The See also:

INDUSTRIES

industries of the town include large iron and See also:

STEEL, FLORA ANNIE (1847– )

steel See also:

WORKS

works, See also:

SHIP

ship-See also:

BUILDING

building yards and tanneries. Ruhrort has three Evangelical and three See also:

ROMAN

Roman See also:

CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic churches, and several See also:

SCHOOLS

schools and public institutions. Rurhort is first mentioned in 1379, and obtained civic rights in 1551. Having been in the See also:

possession of the See also:

COUNTS

counts of La Marck, it passed into that of See also:

BRANDENBURG

Brandenburg in 1614. In 'nos it was See also:

UNITED

united with See also:

DUISBURG

Duisburg and See also:

MEIDERICH

Meiderich to See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form a single See also:

MUNICIPALITY

municipality, the See also:

JOINT (through Fr. from Lat. junctum, jungere, to join)

joint See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population being 41,416. See Geschichte der StoAt Ruhrort (Ruhrort, 1882).

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