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| Fuente: Manuscritos de William H. Armstrong, volumen 8. |
Mostrando las entradas con la etiqueta W H Armstrong. Mostrar todas las entradas
Mostrando las entradas con la etiqueta W H Armstrong. Mostrar todas las entradas
26 de octubre de 2013
Los pontones de viga de acero del ferrocarril de circunvalación de Puerto Rico
El cruce de un ferrocarril sobre un cuerpo de agua requiere la construcción de algún tipo de puente y para el Ferrocarril de Circunvalación en muchos casos el pontón de viga de acero fue la solución. Estos pequeños puentes o pontones consistían en dos vigas de acero empotradas en los estribos a una distancia equivalente al ancho de las vías (también conocido como trocha).
16 de agosto de 2013
De San Germán a Lajas - La ruta del tren en Google Earth
El amigo Efraín Martell se fue a investigar por Lajas ayer y como ya es de costumbre me ha enviado unos cuantos puntos de referencia para que mejore el mapa de las vías del tren. Este es uno de los tramos mas interesantes del antiguo ferrocarril de circunvalación de la American Railroad ya que cruza los montes entre Lajas y San Germán. Un trayecto bastante tortuoso y difícil de seguir en las fotos aéreas pero vamos, ya esta mejorado, por lo menos hasta la estación del pueblo de Lajas. ¡Efraín, muchas gracias por tu contribución!
El mapa esta disponible a través de la página de los mapas de los ferrocarriles.
A continuación incluimos un fragmento del manuscrito escrito por W.H. Armstrong con respecto a esta sección del ferrocarril:
The R.R. to Lajas leaves San German on a slight grade which becomes very heavy grade 4 kilometers from San German. After following the base of the mountain for nearly a kilometer from the town the R.R. makes a complete semi-circle turn up a ravine around the base of a hill 150' high on its west side. The road is cut along the side of this hill. As the road makes its complete turn around this hill it passes kilometer 211 and a deep culvert, 6 feet long and 10 feet deep. From lik 211 the road passes S.W. up a ravine and then turns S. easterly along the side of a hill 300 feet high on its left or northern side. At kil. 212 there is a short retaining wall along the south side of the road 15-20 feet high. Half way between kil. 212 and 213 the road passes into the open where there is a low cane flat on the right or south side and a rising cane valley extending to the left or north. From kil. 213 to kil 214 the R.R. crosses a short culvert and passes a few low pasture hills on its right or S. side. The north or left side is low and rolling. At kil. 214 the road is covering its heaviest grade and makes another complete turn south and westerly around a hill 75 to 100 feet high. It then circles easterly between the hills to kil. 215 where the southerly side is open. Beyond kil. 215 where the road runs over a short fill of 10 feet, it then winds around another series of hills 300 feet high on the northerly side, then over a culvert 4' long + 10' deep, winding again around the base of 150' hills on the northerly side to kil. 216 where there is a short fill. There is a small narrow cane valley on the southerly side. Beyond kil. 216 the road winds around a low hill on its northerly side, to the town of Lajas. Trains stop at Lajas town but there is no station. The Lajas R.R. station is nearly a mile beyond the town at the junction of the Cabo Rojo branch where there are numerous long sidings and an engine house. The station is an ordinary wooden building. The engine house is an iron building that will accomodate 6 engines. There are no shops. This station is on the edge of the great cane lands.1
1. Armstrong, W. H. (1909). Manuscritos William Armstrong: Libro 10. p.55. [Libreta de campo digitalizada]. La Colección Puertorriqueña. En Issuu. https://issuu.com/coleccionpuertorriquena/docs/10v_libro
El mapa esta disponible a través de la página de los mapas de los ferrocarriles.
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A continuación incluimos un fragmento del manuscrito escrito por W.H. Armstrong con respecto a esta sección del ferrocarril:
The R.R. to Lajas leaves San German on a slight grade which becomes very heavy grade 4 kilometers from San German. After following the base of the mountain for nearly a kilometer from the town the R.R. makes a complete semi-circle turn up a ravine around the base of a hill 150' high on its west side. The road is cut along the side of this hill. As the road makes its complete turn around this hill it passes kilometer 211 and a deep culvert, 6 feet long and 10 feet deep. From lik 211 the road passes S.W. up a ravine and then turns S. easterly along the side of a hill 300 feet high on its left or northern side. At kil. 212 there is a short retaining wall along the south side of the road 15-20 feet high. Half way between kil. 212 and 213 the road passes into the open where there is a low cane flat on the right or south side and a rising cane valley extending to the left or north. From kil. 213 to kil 214 the R.R. crosses a short culvert and passes a few low pasture hills on its right or S. side. The north or left side is low and rolling. At kil. 214 the road is covering its heaviest grade and makes another complete turn south and westerly around a hill 75 to 100 feet high. It then circles easterly between the hills to kil. 215 where the southerly side is open. Beyond kil. 215 where the road runs over a short fill of 10 feet, it then winds around another series of hills 300 feet high on the northerly side, then over a culvert 4' long + 10' deep, winding again around the base of 150' hills on the northerly side to kil. 216 where there is a short fill. There is a small narrow cane valley on the southerly side. Beyond kil. 216 the road winds around a low hill on its northerly side, to the town of Lajas. Trains stop at Lajas town but there is no station. The Lajas R.R. station is nearly a mile beyond the town at the junction of the Cabo Rojo branch where there are numerous long sidings and an engine house. The station is an ordinary wooden building. The engine house is an iron building that will accomodate 6 engines. There are no shops. This station is on the edge of the great cane lands.1
Fuente
1. Armstrong, W. H. (1909). Manuscritos William Armstrong: Libro 10. p.55. [Libreta de campo digitalizada]. La Colección Puertorriqueña. En Issuu. https://issuu.com/coleccionpuertorriquena/docs/10v_libro
10 de agosto de 2013
La trinchera ferroviaria de Guaniquilla
La vías de un ferrocarril requieren pendientes moderadas a veces necesitando rellenar áreas como el camino elevado que mencionamos en el articulo anterior y otras veces cortes en la roca como el que se encuentra una poca distancia al norte del túnel de Cabo Rojo.
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| Vista en dirección sur capturada por el autor el 11 de septiembre de 2015. |
8 de agosto de 2013
El terraplén del tren en Guaniquilla
Un poquito al norte del túnel de Cabo Rojo y en donde la antigua vía cruzaba lo que hoy es la carretera 307 te encuentras con este bonito paisaje. William H. Armstrong nos lo describe como lo vio en 1910:
"About half way between kil. 14-15 the country is low and the track passes over a fill about 200 yards long and 35 feet high. This is across a kind of bowl between the hills." (Armstrong, Bitácora 10, p. 70).
"About half way between kil. 14-15 the country is low and the track passes over a fill about 200 yards long and 35 feet high. This is across a kind of bowl between the hills." (Armstrong, Bitácora 10, p. 70).
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| El paisaje invita a una caminata... |
7 de agosto de 2013
El puente ferroviario de Guaniquilla
Muchos hemos estado en la cambija de Cabo Rojo y hemos hecho un alto para admirar los estribos del antiguo puente. En su bitácora número 10, William H. Armstrong nos lo describe de la manera siguiente:
"A few hundred yards beyond, N. of Kil. 13 there is an iron bridge 18' long & 10 feet above a small brook. Near this br. there is a pumping Sta. of the RR. Opposite this Br. at kil 12-13 there is a broad bare hill 75 feet high."
y lo acompaña con uno de sus interesantes dibujos.
"A few hundred yards beyond, N. of Kil. 13 there is an iron bridge 18' long & 10 feet above a small brook. Near this br. there is a pumping Sta. of the RR. Opposite this Br. at kil 12-13 there is a broad bare hill 75 feet high."
y lo acompaña con uno de sus interesantes dibujos.
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Fuente: Manuscritos de William H. Armstrong, Bitácora 10, p. 55 |
