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Show CENTER OF HUN WAR POWER Ruhrort With IU Splendid River Harbor, Har-bor, Really the Moat Important City of Germany. Ruhrort, which had tho largest river riv-er harbor In Europe, and which Included In-cluded tho Ituhr bnsln, was tlio power plant of Germany's former Industrial ninchlno nnd mighty war engine. Dctwccn the Rhino and Ruhr Is Dulsburg, city of rolling mills, foundries found-ries and factories. This bcchlvo of Industry In-dustry was onco a university town, but tho school was supplanted by factories. fac-tories. Dulsburg is connected with tho Ruhr by a canal. Farther up tho Ruhr Is Wltten, Important Im-portant not only for IU steel, but also for beer, soap and chemicals. Tho Ruhr basin coal fields not only wero Important to Qermupy because of their heavy production, but becnuso they nlono wero ncccsslblo for wnter Importation Im-portation of ores. A canal connected ; Dortmund, a city of tho Ruhr basin, with tho Ems river, thus affording an outlet to tho North sen nt Emdcn. Tho Ruhr was mado navigable from tho Rhino to Wltten, somo 05 miles, by means of locka. o |