1. La labor de los ingenieros militares en los ferrocarriles de Cuba (1837-1898).
- Author
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Lloga Fernández, Rolando
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HISTORY of railroads , *MILITARY engineering , *MILITARY engineers , *CUBAN architecture , *RAILROAD design & construction , *PUBLIC transit , *INFRASTRUCTURE (Economics) , *NINETEENTH century , *HISTORY - Abstract
The railroad's outstanding role in the social and economic activities in Cuba during the XIX century produced the establishment of administrative structures for developing, planning and regulating the railway topic inside the island's government. This research is targeted to analyze the labor of the military engineers in the introduction and development of railroads in Cuba during the period 1837-1898. Therefore, this paper explains the competences of those professionals in engineering and architecture works, their tasks in public and private occupations related to railway's activities, and finally, it establishes a characterization of the buildings as a result of the expansion of this mean of transportation in Cuba. The approach to this topic, through an historical and architectonical point of view, emphasizes the exceptionality of the Cuban example due to its role as pioneer in Hispanic America. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2016