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FERROL [El Ferrol]

FERROL [El Ferrol] , a seaport of See also:

north-western See also:

Spain, in the See also:

province of See also:

Corunna; situated 12 M. N.E. of the See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of Corunna, and on the See also:

BAY

Bay of Ferrol, an inlet of the See also:

ATLANTIC

Atlantic Ocean. Pop. (1900) 25,281. Together with See also:

SAN

San Fernando, near See also:

Cadiz, and See also:

CARTAGENA, or CARTHAGENA

Cartagena, Ferrol is governed by an See also:

ADMIRAL

admiral, with the See also:

SPECIAL

special See also:

TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of See also:

CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain-See also:

general; and it ranks beside these two ports as one of the See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

NAVAL

naval stations of Spain. The See also:

TOWN

town is beautifully situated on a headland overlooking the bay, and is surrounded by rocky hills which render it invisible from the See also:

sea. Its See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour, naturally one of the best in See also:

EUROPE

Europe, and the largest in Spain except those of See also:

VIGO

Vigo and Corunna, is deep, capacious and secure; but the entrance is a narrow strait about 2 M. See also:

long, which admits only one See also:

VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas, vase, urn)

vessel at a See also:

time, and is commanded by See also:

MODERN

modern and powerfully armed forts, while the neighbouring heights are also crowned by defensive See also:

WORKS

works. Ferrol is provided with extensive See also:

DOCKYARDS

dockyards, quays, warehouses and an See also:

ARSENAL

arsenal; most of these, with the See also:

PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace of the captain-general, the See also:

bull-See also:

RING (O.E. hring; a word common to Teutonic languages; and probably cognate with the Lat. circus, Gr. KtpKOS or KpLKOS, Skt'. chakra, wheel, circle, cf. also " harangue "); in art, a band of circular shape of varying sizes, made of any material and used f

ring, theatres, and other principal buildings, were built or modernized between 1875 and 1905. The See also:

LOCAL

local See also:

INDUSTRIES

industries are mainly connected with the See also:

SHIPPING

shipping See also:

trade, or the refitting of warships. Owing to the lack of railway communication, and the competition of Corunna at so See also:

SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short a distance, Ferrol is not a first-class commercial See also:

PORT

port; and in the See also:

early years of the 20th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century its trade, already injured by the loss to Spain of See also:

CUBA (the aboriginal name)

Cuba X. IO289 and See also:

PORTO

Porto Rico in 1898, showed little prospect of improvement. The exports are insignificant, and consist chiefly of wooden staves and beams for use as See also:

PIT (O. E. pytt, cognate with Du. put, Ger. Pfutze, &c., all ultimately adaptations of Lat. puteus, well, formed from root pu-, to cleanse, whence gurus, clean, pure)

pit-props; the See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief imports are See also:

COAL

coal, See also:

CEMENT (from Lat. caementum, rough pieces of stone, a shortened form of caedimentum, from caedere, to cut)

cement, See also:

TIMBER

timber, See also:

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron and machinery.

In 1904, 282 vessels of 155,881 tons entered the harbour. In the same See also:

YEAR

year the construction of a railway to the neighbouring town of Betanzos was undertaken, and in 1909 important See also:

SHIPBUILDING

shipbuilding operations were begun. Ferrol was a See also:

mere fishing See also:

VILLAGE

village until 1752, when See also:

Ferdinand VI. began to See also:

FIT

fit it for becoming an arsenal. In 1799 the See also:

BRITISH

British made a fruitless See also:

ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to See also:

CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture it, but on the 4th of See also:

NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 18o5 they defeated the See also:

French See also:

FLEET

fleet in front of the town, which they compelled to surrender. On the 27th of See also:

JANUARY

January 1809 it was through treachery delivered over to the French, but it was vacated by them on the 22nd of See also:

JULY

July. On the 15th of July 1823 another See also:

blockade was begun by the French, and Ferrol surrendered to them on the 27th of See also:

AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

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