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THE PORT OF HORSENS is situated down the Horsens Fjord on the East coast of Jutland in the Southern part of the Cattegat and is consequently through the Little Belt ;in close connexion with the Kiel Canal and through the Great Belt in ciose connexion with the Baltic Sea. The access to the harbour is through a broad fjord provided with fixed ) leading light buoys in approach, enabling the port to be navigated both by night as well as by day. The ordinary depth of water in the fjord and in the harbour is 23 ft., flood and ebb variations slight. On all quays there are railway tracks connecting directly with the State Railways through Jutland and with a private railway net representing 10% of the railways of the country. The town and harbour constitute the centre for a very considerable part of the most fertile meadow-land of the counfry; here Ihe first co-operative pig factory was built and here is to be found one of the largest co-operative butter export businesses in the country. From here condensed milk and cream are exported to all parts of the world. The harbour is particularly well supplied wifh crane-plants for the discharge of bulk goods (cargoes), both grain, coal and also general goods, and is provided with both warehouses and silo-plants for temporary storage of general goods and grain. Along the quays of the harbour there are extensive areas well suited for the erection of industrial plant and warehouses, and for the temporary discharge of cargo.

The port is of course provided with the ordinary facilities for handling cargo. The town has several large engine works, and factories specializing in dairy plant, the production of oxygen, hydrogen and com- pressed air, and the impregnation of sleepers telegraph and telephone poles.