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
Shallow excavations below the historic house site, directly to the east of the sugar mill area revealed the beginnings of a cobble pavement. Excavations in the area were extended during 2016.
Subjects:
Hacienda El Progreso; ingenio
Subjects Facet:
San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Sugar Factories; Transportation
Creator:
Dr. Peter W. Stahl
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Contributors:
Dr. Peter Stahl
Date:
2016
Date searchable:
2016
Date searchable:
2016-8-10
Genre:
Digital image
Genre Facet:
Digital image
Format:
image
Identifier:
IMGP3127
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Location(s):
El Progreso, (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands
Location(s) Facet:
El Progreso, (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands
This photograph was taken by Ralph Stock (1921) The Cruise of the Dream Ship. 1st ed. London: William Heinemann, bottom plate opposite P.117. Labelled "Watering with Dinghy and Sand Flies" it shows the hacienda's dock with the Decauville rail system, and lighthouse in the background, at Puerto Chico, in 1919.
Subjects:
Hacienda El Progreso;
Subjects Facet:
Galapagos Islands; San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Puerto Baquerizo Moreno (Galapagos Islands); Transportation
Creator:
Dr. Peter W. Stahl
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Contributors:
Dr. Peter Stahl
Date:
1919
Date searchable:
1919
Date searchable:
1919
Genre:
Photographic Print; Digital image
Genre Facet:
Photographic Print; Digital image
Format:
image
Rights:
Copyright
Location(s):
Puerto Baquerizo-Moreno (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands
Location(s) Facet:
Puerto Baquerizo-Moreno (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands
This image, published in 1905 shows the hacienda's dock with the Decauville rail system at Puerto Chico. A similar image published by Ralph Stock (1921) shows the dock and rail system in operation some fourteen years later. Supplies from the hacienda bodega were carted out in Decauville wagons for loading onto the awaiting ships.
Subjects:
Hacienda El Progreso; Manuel J. Cobos
Subjects Facet:
Galapagos Islands; San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Transportation;
Creator:
Dr. Peter W. Stahl
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Contributors:
Dr. Peter Stahl
Date:
1905
Date searchable:
1905
Date searchable:
1905
Genre:
Photographic Print; Digital image
Genre Facet:
Photographic Print; Digital image
Format:
image
Rights:
Copyright Undetermined
Location(s):
El Progreso (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands
Location(s) Facet:
El Progreso (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands
Date Digitized:
2019
Commentary:
Bognoly, J. and Espinosa J. (1905) Las Islas Encantada o el Archipielago de Colon. Comercio:Guayaqil, p.41
The 14 prefabricated houses of Campo Noruega were shipped to San Cristóbal by boat. Through negotiations with Manuel A. Cobos and Rogerio Alvarado, each Norwegian settler received 20 ha of land, free rent for two years, commissary credit, and cheap access to labor and draught animals.
Subjects:
Hacienda El Progreso; Manuel J. Cobos
Subjects Facet:
Galapagos Islands; San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Housing; Transportation
Creator:
Dr. Peter W. Stahl
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Contributors:
Dr. Peter Stahl
Date:
1927
Date searchable:
1927
Date searchable:
1927
Genre:
Photographic Print; Digital image
Genre Facet:
Photographic Print; Digital image
Format:
image
Rights:
Copyright
Location(s):
El Progreso (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands
Location(s) Facet:
El Progreso (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands
Date Digitized:
2019
Commentary:
Photo by Robert Ødegård in Hoff, S. (1985) Drommen om Galapagos. Oslo: Grodahl & Son; Photo courtesy Robert Ødegård;
Norwegian colonists arrived on Floreana Island in 1925 and were invited to San Cristobal Island in September 1926. By 1928, only 14 remained in Campo Noruego. This photograph shows their equipment delivered via oxen-drawn cart, the same means of conveyance used by the hacienda to deliver products to its Bodega on the coast at Puerto Chico.
Subjects:
Hacienda El Progreso; Manuel J. Cobos
Subjects Facet:
Galapagos Islands; San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Transportation; Cattle
Creator:
Dr. Peter W. Stahl
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Contributors:
Dr. Peter Stahl
Date:
1927
Date searchable:
1927
Date searchable:
1927
Genre:
Photographic Print; Digital image
Genre Facet:
Photographic Print; Digital image
Format:
image
Rights:
Copyright
Location(s):
El Progreso (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands
Location(s) Facet:
El Progreso (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands
Date Digitized:
2019
Commentary:
Photo by Robert Ødegård in Hoff, S. (1985) Drommen om Galapagos, Oslo: Grodahl & Son;
This image was taken during the 1938 visit by the "Valero III" of the Allen Hancock Scientific Expedition. The venerable old ship that had served the Hacienda El Progreso by moving products between the islands and mainland was now known as the "San Cristóbal".
Subjects:
Hacienda El Progreso; Manuel J. Cobos
Subjects Facet:
Galapagos Islands; San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Transportation
Creator:
Dr. Peter W. Stahl
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Contributors:
Dr. Peter Stahl
Date:
1938
Date searchable:
1938
Date searchable:
1938
Genre:
Photographic Print; Digital image
Genre Facet:
Photographic Print; Digital image
Format:
image
Rights:
Copyright
Location(s):
El Progreso (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands
Location(s) Facet:
El Progreso (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands
Date Digitized:
2019
Commentary:
Meredith, D.W. 1939. Voyages of the Valero III, 2nd ed.Book Haven Press, LA p.203; Allen Hancock Scientific Expedition.
Products were moved between the islands and mainland on two boats, the “Manuel J. Cobos” and “Josefina Cobos.” Both are variously referred to as a sloop (balandra) or pilot’s boat (pailebote), a smaller double masted schooner. Mention is made of seven boats in all, including the 80 ton “Feliz Porvenir.”
Subjects:
Hacienda El Progreso; Manuel J. Cobos
Subjects Facet:
Galapagos Islands; San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Transportation
Creator:
Dr. Peter W. Stahl
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Contributors:
Dr. Peter W. Stahl
Date:
1927
Date searchable:
1927
Date searchable:
1927
Genre:
Photographic Print; Digital image
Genre Facet:
Photographic Print; Digital image
Format:
image
Rights:
Copyright
Location(s):
El Progreso (Galapagos Islands); Galapagos Islands
Location(s) Facet:
El Progreso (Galapagos Islands); Galapagos Islands
Date Digitized:
2019
Commentary:
Photo courtesy of Anne Falk-Rønne in Hoff, S. (1985) Drommen om Galapagos, Oslo: Grodahl & Son;
The Norwegian ferro-concrete ship "Albermarle" left Oslo on September 2, 1926 with 78 settlers bound for Galápagos. The colonisation scheme was organized by Harry Randall (originally Petersen). Orginially planning to colonize Floreana, they eventually negotiated with Rogerio Alvarado and Manuel A. Cobos to settle on San Cristóbal.
Subjects:
Hacienda El Progreso; Manuel J. Cobos
Subjects Facet:
Galapagos Islands; San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Transportation
Creator:
Dr. Peter W. Stahl
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Contributors:
Dr. Peter Stahl
Date:
1927
Date searchable:
1927
Date searchable:
1927
Genre:
Photographic Print; Digital image
Genre Facet:
Photographic Print; Digital image
Format:
image
Rights:
Copyright
Location(s):
El Progreso (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands
Location(s) Facet:
El Progreso (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands
Date Digitized:
2019
Commentary:
Photo by Robert Ødegård in Hoff, S. (1985) Drommen om Galapagos, Oslo: Grodahl & Son; 1927 Campo Noruego;
The main entrance into El Progreso from the coast is found at El Rondel, which is decorated with wheels, pinion gears, and crusher from Hacienda El Progreso. The high road to the left runs by the hacienda house. The middle road passes by the midden, directly to the left, and the lower road bypasses most of the town as it continues further into the highlands.
Subjects:
Hacienda El Progreso; Manuel J. Cobos
Subjects Facet:
Galapagos Islands; San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Villages; Housing; Transportation
