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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 764 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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WITTEN , a See also:

TOWN

town of See also:

Germany, in the Prussian See also:

province of See also:

Westphalia, favourably situated among the See also:

COAL

coal-See also:

FIELDS, JAMES THOMAS (1817-1881)

fields of the See also:

RUHR

Ruhr, 14 M . E. of See also:

ESSEN

Essen and 15 M . N.E. of See also:

ELBERFELD

Elberfeld by See also:

RAIL

rail . Pop . (1905) 35,841 . It is an important seat of the See also:

STEEL, FLORA ANNIE (1847– )

steel 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 . Other See also:

INDUSTRIES

industries are the making of See also:

SOAP

soap, chemicals and See also:

BEER

beer . Witten was made a town in 1825 . See Hassel, Wittener Ortskunde and Ortsgesetze (Witten, 1903) .

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