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- Collection: Colección de postales y fotografías 1844-1952 de Puerto Rico, República Dominican y Cuba.
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Represa de Comerio P.R.
"Comerío is located in the central-eastern region of the island and is bordered by Naranjito and Bayamón to the north; Cidra and Barranquitas to the south; Aguas Buenas and Cidra to the east, and Barranquitas to the west. The elevation is 656…
[ Puente de los Reyes Católicos ]
"Many events beneficial to land transportation between San Juan and the Western part of the island took place in 1881:"the paving of the Cataño-Bayamón highway, the opening of the original Reyes Católicos bridge over the Plata River between Dorado…
[ Puente del Sobaco 1896 ]
"This bridge was designed by Raimundo Camprubí, who in 1879 supervised its installation on the Cuyón River. It was built in Belgium by Eugene Rollin & Cia. And its name derives from the sector where it is located. In this region, which marks…
[ Puente sobre el río Maravilla-Corozal 1925 ]**
"The Mavilla bridge was built in 1903 to substitute a wooden structure from 1853 servicing an old 19th century Toa Alta-Bayamón unpaved road. Eighty men worked under Roque Paniagua on the construction of the bridge which cost $3,000.00. In 1909,…
[ Marqués de la Serna Bridge ]
"The Marques de la Serna bridge is named after the marquis of Serna, Felix Maria de Messina, who was governor of Puerto Rico from 1862 to 1865. It is the first metal bridge to have been built in the Island, and the only metal arch bridge that exists…
[ Puente contiguo al de los Reyes Católicos ]
"Many events beneficial to land transportation between San Juan and the Western part of the island took place in 1881:"the paving of the Cataño-Bayamón highway, the opening of the original Reyes Católicos bridge over the Plata River between Dorado…
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FOUNTAIN AT THE NATIONAL CASINO, HAVANA, CUBA
The fountain was made by Aldo Gamba, the famous Italian sculptor, while in jail for shooting an English girl whom he later married.