File:La Guaira, Venezuela (1911).jpg

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English: La Guaira, Venezuela.

Identifier: cassiersmagaz401911newy Title: Cassier's magazine Year: 1891 (1890s) Authors: Subjects: Engineering Publisher: New York Cassier Magazine Co. Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries


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Text Appearing Before Image: short tunnels. In a direct distance of about eightmiles the locomotive must travelnearly thirty miles, and for an hourafter leaving La Guayra the sea stillremains close in sight, though manyhundreds of feet below the climbinglocomotive. The vertical climb is some 3,000feet to the sloping plateau on whichthe city of Caracas is laid out be-neath the shade of Silla, the gianthill of 9,000 feet which raises itscloudy summit on the north side ofthe city. The German line joinsCaracas to the other English line,which runs inland from the morewesterly port of Puerto Cabello. Thisline skirts the beautiful country ofthe valley of Lake Valentia, and itsconstruction shows some fine engi-neering, and is thought very much toresemble the St. Gothard Railway.In all Venezuela there are not 600miles of line, but in this short dis-tance are included more than 700bridges—a single fact that shows thepossibilities for bridge builders whenreal development begins and linesare extended throughout the country

Text Appearing After Image: VIEW OF LA GUAYRA, THE PORT OF CARACAS, SHOWING THE FORT ON THE HILL DESCRIBEDBY KINGSLEY IN WESTWARD HO J AND THE PADDLE-STEAMER VENEZUELA VENEZUELA 231


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