Oberhausen (ō`bərhou'zən), city (1994 pop. 226,254), North Rhine–Westphalia, W Germany, an industrial center of the Ruhr Ruhr (r
r), region, c.
..... Click the link for more information. district. It is a port on the Rhine-Herne Canal and a rail junction; it has railway workshops and a large thermoelectric plant. Manufactures include iron and steel, coal, refined zinc, dyes, steam boilers, wire rope, glass, machinery, and chemicals. The first German steam engine was built in Sterkrade, now a district of Oberhausen, in 1814. Oberhausen was chartered in 1874.
Oberhausen
r), region, c...... Click the link for more information. district. It is a port on the Rhine-Herne Canal and a rail junction; it has railway workshops and a large thermoelectric plant. Manufactures include iron and steel, coal, refined zinc, dyes, steam boilers, wire rope, glass, machinery, and chemicals. The first German steam engine was built in Sterkrade, now a district of Oberhausen, in 1814. Oberhausen was chartered in 1874.
Oberhausen
an industrial city in W Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia on the Rhine-Herne Canal: site of the first ironworks in the Ruhr. Pop.: 220 033 (2003 est.)
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