[ Puente de los Reyes Católicos ]

Title

[ Puente de los Reyes Católicos ]

Subject

Bridges (built works)
Bridge (built work)
Bailey bridges
Bailey bridge

Description

"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 and Toa Alta, and the initiations of work at the Línea Ferrea del Oeste, a railroad set up between Bayamón and the San Juan waterfront warehouses with a rail-ferry connection across the bay from Cataño to San Juan." --Description from Historic American Engineering Record, Southeast Region National Park Service Department of the Interior, Puente Blanco Bridge.



Puente de los Reyes Católicos
AGPR 1896
Cruza el río de la Plata entre Toa Alta y Toa Baja. Destruido por San Ciriaco
8 agosto 1899

Publisher

University of Puerto Rico (Río Piedras Campus). School of Architecture Library.

Date

2018-05-16

Rights

© Copyright 2018. University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, School of Architecture Library, All Rights Reserved.

Format

JPEG

Language

ES

Type

Image

Coverage

Toa Alta, Puerto Rico

Original Format

Photographic postcard (Reproduction of the original).

Physical Dimensions

4 x 5 inches or less

Geolocation

Files

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Citation

“[ Puente de los Reyes Católicos ] ,” Archimages: Colección Digital Escuela de Arquitectura, accessed May 17, 2024, https://archimages.uprrp.edu/items/show/750.