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share in the iron ore works in I^ilhao in the North 
of Spain. 
III. I'he smelting works. i. Friedrich-Alfred 
works in Rheinhausen. 2. Miilhofener works near 
Engers. 3. Hermann works in Neuwied. 4. Cast¬ 
ing works and machine factory in Lazn. 
IV. A shipping firm owning seagoing steamers in 
Rotterdam. 
V. \ he steel works m Armen, Westphalia. 
VI. "I he Gruson works 
in Magdehurg-Buckan. 
VII. "Ehe Germania ship- 
huilding yard in Kiel. 
On April i, 1905, the total 
number of workmen, etc., in¬ 
cluding 4,632 officers, amount¬ 
ed to 55,816, viz.: In the cast 
steel works in Essen 30,260, 
coal mines, 8,410, iron ore 
mines ^,6^1, smelting works 
4,286, steel works in Armen 
840, Gruson works in Mag¬ 
dehurg-Buckan 3 , 93 ^» Ger¬ 
mania ship-huilding yard in 
Kiel 4,451. 
1 he oldest specialty of the 
cast steel works in Essen 
formed the manufacture of 
cast steel in crucibles, ticgel- 
giisstnhl. Ehis is a steel 
which is made of specially 
and carefully selected raw 
material in crucibles and from 
these crucibles is cast into 
blocks, the largest of which 
weigh up to 85,000 kg. The 
ore for this steel Is exclusively 
obtained from Krupp’s own 
mines. The blocks so cast 
are absolutely homogeneous, 
a result attained by no other 
steel manufacturer with the 
same certainty. 
This steel is used especially 
for such products in which 
security in their use is of the 
greatest importance; such as, 
for instance, gun barrels, and 
the important parts of locomo¬ 
tives, ship machines, shafts, 
etc., certain tools, and stamps. 
There is also made Siemens- 
Martin steel for sheets, armor 
of iron-clad vessels, wheels, 
etc., and a mixture of the two 
steels is used for screw pro¬ 
pellers, dynamos, etc. 
Another special branch is 
devoted to the manufacture of puddle-steel, the 
greater part of which is used as raw material for 
the crucible cast steel, though partly sold for special 
purposes, such as the making of wheels of gun car¬ 
riages. It is also sold abroad as Milano and Bam¬ 
boo steel for the making of tools. 
The Bessemer steel made in Essen is mainly used 
for railway purposes, rails, fish-plates, etc., and in 
the shape of bars sold for the making of tools, springs. 
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