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Bromberg

a town in the Polish province of Posen, on the Brahe, 6 miles from its influx to the Vistula, and 99 miles S. S. W. of Danzig by rail. Before the World War it had iron foundries, machine shops, and manufactures of cloth and paper, distilleries, breweries and corn mills. There was a considerable provincial trade both by shipping and railway. The Bromberg canal, 17 miles long, by uniting the rivers Netze and Brahe, connects the Oder and Elbe with the Vistula. Pop. about 58,000.

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