. Elementary physical geography;. the increase of the output of manu-factures has been so great that steam has largely supple-mented water-power. Some great manufacturing establish-ments have been moved to tide water, the cheaper cost ofcoal and transportation being more than an offset forwater-power. The Middle Atlantic States. — This region includesthe principal part of the Atlantic coast plain, togetherwith the middle and southern Appalachians. The lowerpart of the coast plain consists of a belt of swamp kindsbordered by sandy pine-barrens. Beyond these there is abelt of piedmont lands—the
. Elementary physical geography;. the increase of the output of manu-factures has been so great that steam has largely supple-mented water-power. Some great manufacturing establish-ments have been moved to tide water, the cheaper cost ofcoal and transportation being more than an offset forwater-power. The Middle Atlantic States. — This region includesthe principal part of the Atlantic coast plain, togetherwith the middle and southern Appalachians. The lowerpart of the coast plain consists of a belt of swamp kindsbordered by sandy pine-barrens. Beyond these there is abelt of piedmont lands—the foot-hills of the AppalachianMountains. The rivers flow into estuaries that reach usu- INDUSTRIAL REGIONS OF UNITED STATES 357 ally to the foot-hills and are generally navigable to theFall Line. The soil of this region is not well adapted either to cot-ton or wheat, although small quantities of both are chief crops are early fruit and garden stuffs, and thesefind a ready market in the great cities of the manufactur-. COAL GIVES THE POSSIBILITY OF MAKING STEEL Forging a locomotive frame.—Baldwin Locomotive Works. ing region. Cotton and tobacco are important crops inthe southern part of the piedmont lands; and on accountof the water-power, now tardily developed, the manu-facture of cotton textiles is becoming the leading wave-formed spits or barrier beaches are a peculiarfeature of the coast of this region. Because of them, there 358 PHYSICAL C;KO(!RAPHY are but few good harbors, and the volume of ocean com-merce is therefore small as compared with that of the New-England and Middle Atlantic States. How do these bar-rier beaches affect commerce? The chief products of thesebeaches and islands is the famous sea island cotton, afibre of long staple and great strength; and this is theirchief product. The fibre is used in the web of bicycle tires.
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