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Dr. G. Malalasekera UN Permanent Representative of Ceylon arriving at Kings House
Dr. G. Malalasekera United Nations Permanent Representative of Ceylon arriving at Kings House, Jamaica
Concrete pipe saddles - Rio Cobre
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
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.
Women at work building dam - Bog Walk
Women carrying containers of stones on their heads for the dam construction in progress.
Dam and straining basin
Five men looking at the straining basin across the Rio Cobre River close to the dam in the background.
Finishing face of dam
Workers working to complete the dam across the Rio Cobre River in St. Catherine, Jamaica
Part of 8 feet flume
A section of the 8 feet flume constructed in the gorge along side the Rio Cobre River among trees and shrubs.
Guess dere be no ribbah when de pipe full - hi!
Men standing inside a section of unassembled steel pipes alongside the Rio Cobre River in St. Catherine, Jamaica. The area is surrounded by thick vegetation.
Preparing course for 8 feet steel flume - Rio Cobre
Workers preparing the course for a 8 feet steel flume beside the Rio Cobre River in the Bog Walk Gorge
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.
