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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 393 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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TAMPICO , a See also:

city and See also:port of See also:Mexico, in the See also:state of See also:Tamaulipas, on the N. See also:bank of the Panuco See also:river, about 6 m. from the Gulf of Mexico. Pop. (1906) 17,569, including the neighbouring settlements connected with the port See also:works. The See also:climate is hot, humid and unhealthy, and the city has suffered frequently from epidemics of yellow See also:fever. A See also:modern See also:sewer See also:system and See also:water-works, constructed in 1903-1906, have improved its sanitary See also:condition and will in See also:time reduce its heavy See also:death-See also:rate—about 78 per loon in 1903, when an epidemic of yellow fever caused 327 deaths, and the births numbered 512 against 1335 deaths. The eastern and poorer See also:part of the See also:town stands on See also:low ground only 2 or 3 ft. above the river, and is subject to inundations. The western part rises about 150 ft., consists largely of private residences, and is provided with water and See also:good drainage. The business See also:section is well built, largely of See also:stone and See also:brick, and its streets are well paved and provided with See also:gas and electric See also:light. The neighbourhood is swampy and malarial, Tampico has two important railway connexions: the See also:Monterrey and Gulf See also:line See also:running N.N.W. to See also:Ciudad, See also:Victoria and Monterrey, and a See also:branch of the Mexican Central running westward to See also:San Luis See also:Potosi. There is also a line of river boats on the Panuco running up to the mouth of the Tamazunchale about 135 m., and another running to Tamiahua on the See also:lagoon of that name by way of the Tuxpam See also:canal, about 77 M. See also:Industries include an electric light and See also:power plant, factories for making See also:ice, clothing, and See also:fruit conserves, saw-See also:mill, oil refinery, and a shipyard for small river boats. The modern port works, which have made Tampico accessible to a larger class of steamers, include two stone jetties at the mouth of the Panuco, which have increased the See also:depth of water on the See also:bar to 23 ft. at low water and 26 ft. at high water; seven wharves on the N. bank of the river to accommodate fourteen steamers at a time; See also:steel sheds with railway tracks, and railway connexions at the wharves.

The depth of water at the wharves varies from 18 to 25 ft. The exports include See also:

silver See also:bullion (from San Luis Potosi, See also:Aguascalientes, Torreon and Monterrey), ixtle fibre, See also:sugar, hides, live See also:cattle, See also:cotton-See also:seed cake, See also:deer skins, See also:honey, See also:fustic, See also:sarsaparilla, See also:coffee, See also:rubber, See also:broom-See also:root, See also:copper ores and See also:asphalt.

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