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Bible Encyclopedias
Germiston
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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a town of the Transvaal, 9 m. E. of Johannesburg. Pop. of the municipality (1904) 29,477, of whom 9123 were whites. It lies 5478 ft. above the sea, in the heart of the Witwatersrand gold-mining district, and is an important railway junction. The station, formerly called Elandsfontein Junction,, is the meeting-point of lines from the ports of the Cape and Natal, and from Johannesburg, Pretoria and Delagoa Bay. Though. possessing a separate municipality, Germiston is practically a. suburb of Johannesburg (q.v.).
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Germiston'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​g/germiston.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Germiston'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​g/germiston.html. 1910.