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One of a group of clergymen prays at the National Flag Raising Ceremony at the inauguration of Jamaica's Independence at midnight August 5, 1962 at the National Stadium

Princess Margaret stands under a banner with the words "Welcome to Princess Margaret" while on a state visit to Jamaica. She is flanked by dignitaries.

Ranny Williams with hat in hand is being presented to HRH Princess Margaret, partially hidden by the Earl of Snowden to her right.

Dr. G. Malalasekera United Nations Permanent Representative of Ceylon arriving at Kings House, Jamaica

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

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 carrying containers of stones on their heads for the dam construction in progress.

Five men looking at the straining basin across the Rio Cobre River close to the dam in the background.

Workers working to complete the dam across the Rio Cobre River in St. Catherine, Jamaica

A section of the 8 feet flume constructed in the gorge along side the Rio Cobre River among trees and shrubs.