Image from page 361 of "The earth and its inhabitants .." (1881)
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Identifier: earthitsinhabita481recl Title: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookidearthitsinhabita481recl">The earth and its inhabitants .. Year: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookyear1881">1881 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookdecade1880">1880s) Authors: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookauthorReclus__Elis__e__1830_1905">Reclus, Elisée, 1830-1905 https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookauthorRavenstein__Ernest_George__1834_1913">Ravenstein, Ernest George, 1834-1913 https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookauthorKeane__A__H___Augustus_Henry___1833_1912">Keane, A. H. (Augustus Henry), 1833-1912 Subjects: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/booksubjectGeography">Geography Publisher: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookpublisherNew_York__D__Appleton_and_company">New York, D. Appleton and company Contributing Library: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookcontributorMBLWHOI_Library">MBLWHOI Library Digitizing Sponsor: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/booksponsorBoston_Library_Consortium_Member_Libraries">Boston Library Consortium Member Libraries View Book Page: https://archive.org/stream/earthitsinhabita481recl/earthitsinhabita481recl#page/n361/mode/1up" >Book Viewer About This Book: https://archive.org/details/earthitsinhabita481recl" >Catalog Entry View All Images: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookidearthitsinhabita481recl">All Images From Book Click here to https://archive.org/stream/earthitsinhabita481recl/earthitsinhabita481recl#page/n361/mode/1up" >view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: es Cross, where the Battle of the Red Hills was fought in 1346. Someof the weapons used on that occasion are preserved at the ancient castle of theNevilles at Brancepeth, to the south. Ascending the valley of the Browney,which joins the Wear above Durham, we pass Ushaw College, a Roman Catholicseminary founded in 1808 on a bleak and barren hill, and finally reach the smallcolliery town of Lanchester, near which are extensive remains of the Romanstation of Epkleum. * Demogeot et Monlucci, De IEnseignemei t supérieur en Angleteire ct en Ecosse. 292 THE BRITISH ISLES. C/ics/cr-k-S/rcd, on tlic Wear below Diirluim, is supposed to have been theCondercum of the llomaus. A pleasant country town formerly, it has expanded riff. 145.—The Dluiiam Coast HETWEtN Sundeulan» and the Tyne.From an Admiralty Chart. Scjile 1 : 12(),(X)0. ..is ^ . », ..^. eo .- YNE 16 L. 18 •. 6 <j .io 19 ! Z2 SC.p. Car.-r^ «! 23 23 ^?J^ . • I) hitburn. StUt 2 : . ^2J 22 \6 a 9 /o Text Appearing After Image: 19 il_ blk.spk ie ,o 2^ rlaucL 8 12 ■^ fe a 8 9 o » ,a.:. « ■2 :mi1c8. into a place of collieries and iron works like its neighbour, HouyJiton-kSpring, tothe eastward. NORTHUMBEELAND. 293 The mouth of the Wear is occupied on both sides by the great city of Sunder-land—which consists of Sunderland proper; Bishop Wearmouth, on the south bank;and Monkwearmouth and Southwick, on the north bank of the river—and is onlyinferior to Newcastle as a coal-shipping port. Its vast docks and the river areat all times crowded with vessels, and only London, Liverpool, and the Tynoports surpass it in the amount of their shipping. Formerly Sunderland pointedwith pride to its iron bridge, which spans the river Wear in one stupendous archof 237 feet, and at a height of 100 feet above the water ; but constructions of this kindhave become numerous in an age of railways. Far more singular is the lighthouseon the southern pier, which, notwithstanding its weight of 338 tons, was movedbodily a distan Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work. -
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