Online Encyclopedia

Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.

ALAMEDA

Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 469 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
» Make a correction to this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Spread the word: del.icio.us del.icio.us it!

ALAMEDA , a residential See also:

city of Alameda See also:county, See also:California, U.S.A., on an artificial See also:island about 5 M. See also:long and r m. wide, on the E. See also:side of See also:San Francisco See also:bay, opposite to and about 6 m. from San Francisco, and directly S. of See also:Oakland, from which it is separated by a drainage See also:canal, spanned by See also:bridges. Included within the limits of the city is Bay See also:Farm island, with an See also:area of about 3 sq. m. Pop. (1870) 1557; (1880) 5708;.(1890) 11,165; (1900) 16,464, of whom 4175 were See also:foreign-See also:born; (1910, See also:census) 23,383. Alameda is, served by the See also:Southern Pacific railway, and is connected by an electric See also:line with Oakland and See also:Berkeley. Its site is See also:low and level and its See also:plan fairly See also:regular. Among the city's manufactures are terra-See also:cotta tiles, pottery, rugs, refrigerators and See also:salt. The city owns and operates the electric-See also:lighting plant; the See also:water-See also:works See also:system is privately owned, and the water See also:supply is obtained from deep See also:wells at San Leandro. A See also:settlement existed here before the end of the Mexican See also:period. In 1854 it was incorporated as a See also:town and in 1885 was chartered as a city. In 1906 the city adopted a See also:freehold See also:charter, centralizing See also:power in the See also:mayor and providing for a See also:referendum. The county was organized in 1853.

End of Article: ALAMEDA

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click, and select "copy." Then paste it into your website, email, or other HTML.
Site content, images, and layout Copyright © 2006 - Net Industries, worldwide.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.

Links to articles and home page are always encouraged.

[back]
ALAMBAGH, or ALUMBAGH 		[next]
ALAMOS DE BARRIENTOS, BALTASAR (1555-1640)

Site © 2006 - Net Industries