1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Hoboken (Belgium)

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21518901911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 13 — Hoboken (Belgium)

HOBOKEN, a small town of Belgium on the right bank of the Scheldt about 4 m. above Antwerp. It is only important on account of the shipbuilding yard which the Cockerill firm of Seraing has established at Hoboken. Many wealthy Antwerp merchants have villas here, and it is the headquarters of several of the leading rowing clubs on the Scheldt. Pop. (1904) 12,816.