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The Jamaica Public Service Company's new hydro-electric generating station at Rio-Bueno

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The official opening of the Jamaica Public Service new hydro-electric generating station at Rio Bueno. On the right can be seen the steel penstock 274 feet long which leads down to the main inlet valve from a surge tower perched on the hillside above…

The Jamaica Industrial Dev. Corp.

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"The Jamaica Industrial Development Corporation's eight multi-factory complex sited at Mount Nelson near Mandeville in Manchester."

The Jamaica Folk Museum, Spanish Town

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The Jamaican Folk Museum (later known as Jamaican Peoples' Museum) located in Spanish Town, St. Catherine. "This museum displays the folk crafts, arts and folk technology of Jamaica and includes tools, building, materials, ceramics, baskets,…

The Jamaica cordage coy, May Pen, Clarendon

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Ropes, manufactured by the Jamaica Cordage Company, on display.

The Jamaica Conference Centre

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View of the Jamaica Conference Centre in Downtown, Kingston with cars parked on the side of the road. The Hotel Oceana, located at no. 2 King Street, is in background.

The Jamaica Club

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The Jamaica Club at 59 Hanover Street, destroyed in the 1907 earthquake.

The Jamaica Bank at Port Royal Street

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Print depicting the Jamaica bank on Port Royal Street, Kingston.

The Intercontinental Ocho Rios nearing completion

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The Intercontinental Ocho Rios nearing completion and begins operation October 1.