BARACALDO  , a See also:

• RIVER

river-See also:

• PORT

port of See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-eastern See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain, in the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• BISCAY (Vizcaya)
• BISCAY, BAY OF (Fr. Golfe de Gascogne; Sp. Golfo de Vizcaya)

Biscay; on the See also:

• LEFT

left See also:

• BANK

bank of the river Nervion or See also:

• ANSA (from Lat. ansa, a handle)

Ansa (in Basque, Ibaizabal), 5 M. by See also:

• RAIL

rail N.W. of See also:

• BILBAO

Bilbao . Pop . (1900) 15,013 . Few See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish towns have See also:

• DEVELOPED

developed more rapidly than Baracaldo, which nearly doubled its See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population between 188o and 1900 . During this See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period many immigrant labourers settled here; for the ironworks and See also:

• DYNAMITE (Gr. S6eaµis, power)

dynamite factory of Baracaldo prospered greatly, owing to the increased output of the Biscayan mines, the See also:

• EXTENSION (Lat. ex, out ; tendere, to stretch)

extension of See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways in the neighbourhood, and the growth of See also:

• SHIPPING

shipping at Bilbao . The See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low See also:

• FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round Baracaldo is covered with See also:

• MAIZE, or INDIAN CORN

maize, pod See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit and vines .