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See also: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 of Corunna, and on the See also:Bay of See also:Ferrol, an inlet of the See also:Atlantic Ocean . Pop . (1900) 25,281 . Together with See also:San Fernando, near See also:Cadiz, and See also:Cartagena, Ferrol is governed by an See also:admiral, with the See also:special See also:title of See also:captain-See also:general; and it ranks beside these two ports as one of the See also:principal See also:naval stations of Spain . The See also: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, naturally one of the best in See also:Europe, and the largest in Spain except those of See also: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 at a See also:time, and is commanded by See also:modern and powerfully armed forts, while the neighbouring heights are also crowned by defensive See also:works . Ferrol is provided with extensive See also:dockyards, quays, warehouses and an See also:arsenal; most of these, with the See also:palace of the captain-general, the See also:bull-See also:ring, theatres, and other principal buildings, were built or modernized between 1875 and 1905 . The See also:local See also:industries are mainly connected with the See also: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 a distance, Ferrol is not a first-class commercial See also:port; and in the See also:early years of the 20th See also:century its trade, already injured by the loss to Spain of See also:Cuba X . IO289 and See also: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-props; the See also:chief imports are See also:coal, See also:cement, See also:timber, See also:iron and machinery .
In 1904, 282 vessels of 155,881 tons entered the harbour
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In the same See also:year the construction of a railway to the neighbouring town of Betanzos was undertaken, and in 1909 important See also:shipbuilding operations were begun
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Ferrol was a See also:mere fishing See also:village until 1752, when See also: |
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