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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 358 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SCHONEBECK , a See also:

town of See also:Germany, in the See also:province of Prussian See also:Saxony, on the See also:left See also:bank of the See also:Elbe, 9 M. S. of See also:Magdeburg by the railway to See also:Halle and See also:Leipzig. Pop. (1905) 17,786. It contains manufactories of chemicals, machinery, See also:starch, See also:white See also:lead and various other articles, but is chiefly noted for its extensive See also:salt springs and See also:works, which produce about 75,000 tons of salt per annum. Large beds of See also:rock-salt also occur in the See also:neighbour-See also:hood, in which shafts have been sunk to a See also:depth of more than 1200 ft. There is a See also:harbour on the Elbe here, and a brisk See also:trade is carried on in See also:coal, See also:grain and See also:timber. See See also:Magnus, Geschichte der Stadt Schonebeck (See also:Berlin, i88o).

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