New geographies . Fig. 16i. — Even the small streams and canals are used for shipping , for example, are six thousand bales of cotton on a barge in theHouston Canal, in Texas, bound for the seacoast, to be placed on vesselsfor shipment to England. Richmond, the capital and .2. Richmond, n . •, i- TT- • • • Norfolk, and largest city of Virginia, is Wilmington-located on the James River. It is a THE SOUTHERN STATES 129 thriving center, noted especially as atobacco market. Noefolk, at the mouthof Chesapeake Bay, is a shipping pointof growing importance. Wilmington, on the Delaware Eiv
New geographies . Fig. 16i. — Even the small streams and canals are used for shipping , for example, are six thousand bales of cotton on a barge in theHouston Canal, in Texas, bound for the seacoast, to be placed on vesselsfor shipment to England. Richmond, the capital and .2. Richmond, n . •, i- TT- • • • Norfolk, and largest city of Virginia, is Wilmington-located on the James River. It is a THE SOUTHERN STATES 129 thriving center, noted especially as atobacco market. Noefolk, at the mouthof Chesapeake Bay, is a shipping pointof growing importance. Wilmington, on the Delaware Eiver,is the largest city in Delaware. Like. Quantities of cotton, cotton-seed oil,sugar, molasses, and rice are shipped fromhere. Manufactiired goods, such as clothandshoes; andfoods,such as meat, wheat,and corn, are collected here and thendistributed in all directions. Since NewOrleans is so good a ship-ping point, it has, of course,much manufacturing. Far up on the Ohio Riveris Louisville, the fourthcity in size in the SduthernStates, and the largest inKentucky. It is a leadingcenter for tobacco manufac-ture and trade, as well asfor the manufacture of irongoods and other articles. On the Mississippi River,midway between New Or-leans and Louisville, is Fig. 165. — Loading Mississippi Eiverboats from the levee. Camden, it should be asso-ciated with Philadelphia asan important manufacturingcenter. Among Southern cities,the one next to Baltimore 3. New Orleans i^ sizC is NeW and other cities ORLEANS, On the on the Missis- ,_. . .-r,- sippi River and MlSSlSSippi KlVer tributaries ^^^^^ ^ne hun-dred miles above its
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