Spandau, an important town and fortress of Prussia, in Brandenburg, at the confluence of the Spree and Havel, 8 m. W. by N. of Berlin; fortifications are of the strongest and most modern kind, and in the “Julius Tower” of the powerful citadel the German war-chest of £6,000,000 is preserved; there is an arsenal and large Government cannon-foundries, powder-factories, etc.
Population (circa 1900) given as 45,000.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
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