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Here are the details of our map of the Ruhrort area: 2 Duisburg & Ruhrort 1944 - published 2010. Introduction in English by Alan Godfrey; German summary by Heike Hamilton This map covers the centre of Duisburg, Ruhrort, Laar and parts of Meiderich, Homberg and Beeck. Covers stretches from Duisburg Hauptbanhof northward to Beeck and westward to Hochheide. Features include the various docks at Ruhrort, the largest inland port in Europe; the harbours at Duisburg; several collieries, the major steelworks at Laar, other industries on the west side of Duisburg, railways, Duissern, Papandell, Meiderich, Laar, Kaddlerfeld, Neuenkamp, Ruhrort, Beeck, Homberg, Essenberg, Asterlagen, Hochheide, Hochhalen, River Rhein. An index names many of the factories and other large buildings.