Image from page 302 of "The earth and its inhabitants .." (1882)
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Identifier: earthitsinhabita04recl Title: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookidearthitsinhabita04recl">The earth and its inhabitants .. Year: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookyear1882">1882 (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__Augustus_Henry__1833_1912">Keane, 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/bookcontributorUniversity_of_California_Libraries">University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/booksponsorInternet_Archive">Internet Archive View Book Page: https://archive.org/stream/earthitsinhabita04recl/earthitsinhabita04recl#page/n302/mode/1up" rel="nofollow">Book Viewer About This Book: https://archive.org/details/earthitsinhabita04recl" rel="nofollow">Catalog Entry View All Images: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookidearthitsinhabita04recl">All Images From Book Click here to https://archive.org/stream/earthitsinhabita04recl/earthitsinhabita04recl#page/n302/mode/1up" rel="nofollow">view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: ast furnaces andiron works, and there is hardly to be seen a blade of grass or a tree to relieve the125 250 THE BRITISH ISLES. dreariness. The great iron works of this prosperous town were originally con-structed for the treatment of Spanish and Algerian ores, but they now draw mostof their supplies from the Cleveland Hills, which form the northern escarpmentof the Moors, and yield nearly one-third of all the iron ore found in GreatBritain. In addition to iron and steel, Middlesborough manufactures machineryand earthenware, and carries on a most extensive commerce. Its growth has,indeed, been unparalleled in Europe, and only Barrow-in-Furness can comparewith it. Ouishorough, the centre of the mining district, is a town of great age, withthe ruins of an Augustinian priory. Other places in the vicinity are Skelton-in-Cleveland, Ormesby, and Normanhy. Northallerton and Thirsk are quiet agricultural towns at the foot of the Fig. 122.—Middlesborough and Stockton-on-Tees.Scale 1 : 97,600. Text Appearing After Image: 1 MUe. Hambleton Hills, which form the western escarpment of the Moors, and on themargin of the vale of York. Near Northallerton was fought the Battle of theStandard (1138). Eelmsley lies at the southern foot of the Moors, on the fringe ofthe vale of Pickering. The ruins of Rivaulx Abbey, the first Cistercian houseestablished in Yorkshire (1132), are near it. Far more widely known than either of these agricultural towns of Yorkshireare the watering-places which dot the coast from the mouth of the Tees to Flam-borough Head. The most renowned amongst them are Whitby and Scarborough.Whitby, at the mouth of the river Esk, which rises in the Cleveland Hills, is at thesame time a shipping port and a watering-place, and occupies a most picturesque YORKSHIRE. 251 site. There are alum works in the vicinity, and the herring fishery gives employ-ment to many of the inhabitants, but the town is more widely known for its jetornaments. This industry has been carried on here from immemorial times, a 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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