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  • Collection: St. Catherine, Jamaica

Festival and fried fish, bammy, lobster and Red Stripe - Hellshire Beach, St. Catherine

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Persons preparing fried fish, festival, bammy and lobster in one of the restaurants along Hellshire Beach in St. Catherine.

Old Court House, Spanish Town

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Ruins of the Georgian building that once housed the Court House in the Spanish Town Square. Before the Court House was built in 1819, the site was originally a cemetery, then later a chapel and then an arsenal. The building was destroyed by fire in…

Old King's House, Spanish Town

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View of the ruins of the Old King's House in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, taken from the St. Catherine Parish Council office.

Rio Cobre Dam, St. Catherine

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Sign on a wall at the Rio Cobre Dam that was recommissioned on September 18, 1995 by the Honourable P.J. Patterson, then Prime Minister of Jamaica. The Rio Cobre Dam was reconstructed after the original dam was destroyed by the flood of May 21, 1991.

Sign at Bog Walk Gorge

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A sign on a stone wall at Bog Walk Gorge in St. Catherine showing the flood level on August 16, 1933 after heavy rains. The stone wall was completed in 1874.

Flat Bridge, Bog Walk

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Photograph of Flat Bridge in the Bog Walk Gorge, St. Catherine.

Cast Iron Bridge - Spanish Town

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A view of the historic cast iron bridge, contructed in 1801 in Spanish Town, St. Catherine. The image was taken when Jamaica was experiencing a severe drought and this is evidenced by the limited amount of water in the Rio Cobre River that runs…

Rodney Memorial, Spanish Town

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Image showing the Rodney Memorial in the Rodney Memorial Square, Spanish Town.

Flat Bridge on the Bog Walk Road, Jamaica

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Black and white photograph of the Flat Bridge with rails, spanning the Rio Cobre River in the Bog Walk Gorge in St. Catherine.