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Dam in progress - Rio Cobre
Workers on the construction site of the Rio Cobre Dam in St. Catherine, Jamaica. Men are standing around a stone crushing machine and barrels of rocks. Woman filling barrel with rocks; boulders and stone wall in background.
The largest pipe in the world - 6200 ft. long - 96 inches diametre - 1,700,000 lbs. - 260,000 rivets
Photograph of the largest pipe in the world in 1904 - measuring 6,200 feet long, 8 feet in diametre, weighing 1,700,000 pounds and held together by 260,000 rivets. It was built to convey water from the Rio Cobre River running beside it.
Concrete pipe saddles - Rio Cobre
Concrete pipe saddles on the bank of the Rio Cobre River in the Bog Walk Gorge
The Rodney Memorial in the Square at Spanish Town commemorating the Admiral's victory over the French
A view of the Rodney Memorial in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, Jamaica
The House of Assembly, Spanish Town
A view of the historic House of Assembly in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, former meeting place of the Assembly and the Supreme Court before Kingston became the capital of Jamaica
Public Square in Spanish Town
A view of the public square in Spanish Town showing public buildings - one partly hidden by plants in a garden at the street corner.
Court House, Spanish Town
Persons walking past the court house in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, Jamaica.
The Rodney Monument at Spanish Town
Rodney monument with dome shaped roof, in Spanish Town St. Catherine
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Women with head loads
Three peasant women carry heavy loads on their heads along a dirt road in the country.