1875.] 



331 



[Delmar. 



to Rio Seco and another to Bourgos ; commenced in the year 1753. 3. The 

 Uro-el Canal in the Gerona district of Catalonia. These canals are also 

 navigable for barges. I do not find any other navigable canals of import- 

 ance, and to say that the aggregate navigable canals of Spain are less 

 than 500 miles in length would probably be largely within the truth. 



Railways. 

 The following is a tolerably complete list of all the railways in Spain 

 at the close of the year 1872, omitting branches and turn-outs : 



Railw'ays. 



Miles 

 Opened. 



* Madrid to Saragossa and Madrid to Alicante 



* Saragossa, Pamplona and Barcelona 



* Barcelona to France via Figueras 



* Northwestern Railway, Palencii and Corunna, Palencia 



and Leon via Gijon 



* Medina del Campo to Zamora and Orense to Vigo 



(Medina to Zamora finished ; Zamora to Orense not 

 begun ; Orense to Vigo unfinished) 



* Cordova to Seville 



Seville to Cadiz about 



Branch to Moron about 



* Cordova to Malaga 



Branch to Antequera 



Branch Loja to Granada 



* Lerrida to Reus and Tarragona 



* Aranjuez to Cuenca, 80 miles unfinished. 



* Aranjuez to Toledo 



* Santiago, 27 miles unfinished 



* Urgel Canal Railway 



* East Coast Railway. Almansa f to Valencia and Tarra- 



gona 



Tarragona to Barcelona 



Madrid to Avela 40 miles, Avela to Medina dtl Campo 50 



miles, Medina to Palencia 50 miles, about 



Cordova to Alcazar (on Madrid and Alicante Railway), 



about 



Badajos to Manzanares (on last named Railway), (this 



line connects with Lisbon, Portugal), about 



Palencia to Burgos and Miranda, about 



Bilboa, Miranda and Saragossa, about 



Palencia and Santander, about 



Barcelona and Gerona, about 



Granollers to Junction with last named Railway, about.... 



Barcelona and Reus, about 



Miranda, Vitoria, Pamplona and Alfara, about 



San Sebastian to Fuentarabia, about 



San Sebastian, Guipuzcoa and Alsasua, about 



Cartagena, Murcia and Chinchilla, about 



Cordova to Belmez 



Total miles opened . 



885 

 385 

 109 



158 



56 



81 

 80 

 20 



184 

 50 

 25 



"33 



255 

 80 



140 



100 



250 



100 



150 



100 



60 



25 



80 



100 



20 



50 



150 



45 



3,771 



* Subsidized by Government. 



t I.e., from near Almansa on the Madrid and Alicante Railway. 



