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  • Collection: St. Catherine, Jamaica

Public Square in Spanish Town

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A view of the public square in Spanish Town showing public buildings - one partly hidden by plants in a garden at the street corner.

The House of Assembly, Spanish Town

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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

The Rodney Memorial in the Square at Spanish Town commemorating the Admiral's victory over the French

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A view of the Rodney Memorial in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, Jamaica

Concrete pipe saddles - Rio Cobre

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Concrete pipe saddles on the bank of the Rio Cobre River in the Bog Walk Gorge

The largest pipe in the world - 6200 ft. long - 96 inches diametre - 1,700,000 lbs. - 260,000 rivets

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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.

Dam in progress - Rio Cobre

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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.

Linstead Railway Station

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Passengers await the arrival of the train at the Linstead Railway Station in St. Catherine, Jamaica

Poor House in Spanish Town

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Exterior view of the Poor House in Spanish Town, St. Catherine. Residents are sitting or standing on the verandah. Two men are standing beside the building.

Phillippo Baptist Church, Spanish Town

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The Phillippo Baptist Church on William Street in Spanish Town, St. Catherine.

Bog Walk Village, Rio Cobre River, Jamaica

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Two men wearing hats and two women carrying baskets are standing in front of a wooden framed upstairs house in Bog Walk Village, St. Catherine, Jamaica. Other wooden framed buildings are close to the house.