Bromberg

Bromberg, a town in the Prussian province of Posen, on the Brahe, 6 miles from its influx to the Vistula, and 99 miles SSW. of Danzig by rail. It has iron-foundries, machine-shops, and manufactures of cloth and paper, distilleries, breweries, and corn-mills. There is a considerable provincial trade both by shipping and railway. The Brom- berg Canal, 17 miles long, by uniting the rivers Netz and Brahe, connects the Oder and Elbe with the Vistula. Pop. (1843) 8878; (1890) 41,399.