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1. Complete Decauville Rail System wheel, Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, 2015

Description:
Two surviving Decauville Rail System wheels, embossed with “Decauville Aine Petit-Bourg IS80,” and found near the ingenio site, are today in the collection of a hotel in Puerto Baquerizo Moreno. Traction-powered rail systems designed for transporting harvested intact cane stalks from the fields employed long platform trucks with eight wheels on 20 inch gauge tracks of 14 lb rails with fixed sleepers. Each cart with iron baskets held up to 1300 lbs and was pulled by oxen tethered with long yolks on each side of the track.
Subjects:
Hacienda El Progreso; ingenio
Subjects Facet:
San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Sugar Factories; Sugar Machinery; Transportation
Creator:
Dr. Peter W. Stahl
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Contributors:
Dr. Peter Stahl
Date:
2015
Date searchable:
2015
Date searchable:
2015-7-14
Genre:
Digital image
Genre Facet:
Digital image
Format:
image
Identifier:
Fig. 4.15
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Location(s):
El Progreso, (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands
Location(s) Facet:
El Progreso, (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands
Date Digitized:
2015

2. Cane Press, Spur Wheels and Pinions as Decoration 2015

Description:
Today, preserved equipment from the sugar mill survives as decorations. Top, left: Spur Wheel and Pinion Decorating the Entrance to El Ceibo. Top, right Press Wheels and Rollers Decorating the middle of the Roundabout at El Rondel. Bottom, George L. Squier Cane Press Displayed at the Entrance to a Hotel in Puerto Baquerizo Moreno.
Subjects:
Hacienda El Progreso; ingenio
Subjects Facet:
San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Sugar Factories; Sugar Machinery
Creator:
Dr. Peter W. Stahl
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Contributors:
Dr. Peter Stahl
Date:
2015
Date searchable:
2015
Date searchable:
2015-7-20
Genre:
Digital image
Genre Facet:
Digital image
Format:
image
Identifier:
Fig. 4.12
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Location(s):
El Progreso, (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands
Location(s) Facet:
El Progreso, (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands
Date Digitized:
2015
Commentary:
photo by Fernando Astudillo