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APALACHICOLA

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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 159 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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city, See also:port of entry, and the See also:county-seat of See also:Franklin county, See also:Florida, U.S.A., in the N.W. See also:part of the See also:state, on Apalachicola See also:Bay and at the mouth of the Apalachicola See also:river. Pop. (1890) 2727; (1900) 3077, of whom 1589 were of See also:negro descent; (1905, state See also:census) 3244. It is served by the Apalachicola See also:Northern railway (to Chattahoochee, Florida), and by river steamers which afford connexion with See also:railways at Carrabelle about 25 M. distant, at Chatahoochee (or River Junction), and at See also:Columbus and See also:Bainbridge, See also:Georgia, and by ocean-going vessels with See also:American and See also:foreign ports. The city has a See also:monument (1900) to See also:John Gorrie (1803-1855), a physician who discovered the See also:cold-See also:air See also:process of refrigeration in 1849 (and patented an See also:ice-See also:machine in 1850), as the result of experiments to See also:lower the temperatures of See also:fever patients. The bay is well protected by St See also:Vincent, See also:Flag, See also:Sand, and St See also:George's islands; and the See also:shipping of See also:lumber, See also:naval stores and See also:cotton, which reach the city by way of the river, forms the See also:principal See also:industry. Before the development of railways in the Gulf states, Apalachicola was one of the principal centres of See also:trade in the See also:southern states, ranking third among the Gulf ports in 1835. In 1907 the Federal See also:government projected a channel across the See also:harbour See also:bar See also:loo ft. wide and 10 ft. deep and a channel 150 ft. wide and 18 ft. deep for See also:Link Channel and the See also:West Pass. In 1907 the exports were valued at $317,838; the imports were insignificant. The value of the See also:total domestic and foreign See also:commerce of the port for the See also:year ending on the 3oth of See also:June 1907 was estimated at $1,240,000 (76,000 tons). The See also:fishery products, including oysters, tarpon, See also:sturgeon, See also:caviare and See also:sponges, are also important.

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