GERMISTON

germiston, a town of the transvaal, 9 m. e. of johannesburg. pop. of the municipality (1904) 29,477, of whom 9123 were whites. it lies 5478 ft. above the sea, in the heart of the witwatersrand gold-mining district, and is an important railway junction. the station, formerly called elandsfontein junction, is the meeting-point of lines from the ports of the cape and natal, and from johannesburg, pretoria and delagoa bay. though possessing a separate municipality, germiston is practically a suburb of johannesburg (q.v.).