| The characteristic solid grey limestone was quarried from the east face of the Rock of Gibraltar as well as being shipped across from a Spanish quarry outside Algeciras. |
| The city receives high numbers of ferries each day from Algeciras in Andalusia in the south of Spain, along with Melilla and the Canary Islands. |
| Still, we should like to know the nature of the explosive that blew Algeciras across the Straits. |
| It is exposed to strong cross winds around the rock and across the Bay of Algeciras, making landings in winter particularly uncomfortable. |
| By the time he was fourteen he was a full fledged docker staggering under the crates his boyish frame hauled from the ships unloading at Algeciras. |
| In the course of his rambling operations, Algeciras and Malaga were the only places where Riego was at all well received. |
