The rise of tobacco and textile industries in the 18th century made Duisburg an industrial center. Big industrial companies such as iron and steel producing firms (Thyssen and Krupp) influenced the development of the city within the Prussian Rhine Province. Large housing areas near production sites were being built as workers and their families moved in.
� 1823 a district ("Landkreis") Duisburg is established including the cities of Essen and M�lheim an der Ruhr.
� 1824 construction of the sulfuric acid factory Fr. W. Curtius. Beginning of the industry age in Duisburg.
� 1828 Franz Haniel builds a dockyard for steamships
� 1846 railway line to D�sseldorf
� 1847 railway line via Dortmund to Minden
� 1873 Duisburg becomes an independent city borough.
� 1904 Birth of the 100,000th resident (Ernst R. Straube)
� 1921 French Infantry occupy the city on 8 March to secure war reparation payments incurred during World War I.
� 1929 The city of Hamborn and Duisburg are joined together. The new city is given the name of Duisburg-Hamborn.
� 1935 Duisburg-Hamborn is renamed Duisburg.
� 1938 (November) The Nazis destroy the city's synagogue.
"Duisport" is the largest inland port in the world. It is officially regarded as a "seaport" because sea-going river vessels go to ports in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Numerous docks are mostly located at the mouth of Ruhr river where it joins the Rhine.
Each year more than 40 million tonnes of various goods are handled with more than 20,000 ships calling at the port. The public harbor facilities stretch across an area of 7.4 km�. There are 21 docks covering an area of 1.8 km� and 40 km of wharf. The area of the Logport Logistic Center Duisburg
