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A street in Havana, Cuba before United States occupation

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English: "A street in Habana before United States occupation."

Identifier: nationalgeograp131902nati (find matches)
Title: The National geographic magazine
Year: 1888 (1880s)
Authors: National Geographic Society (U.S.)
Subjects: Geography
Publisher: Washington : National Geographic Society
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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efor the people. The walks have beencleaned, the grass and trees trimmed,new trees and shrubs planted, bencheshave been placed under the trees, andat night-time electric lamps keep thepark bright and safe. Picture No. 7 represents a typicalstreet of Habana in 1898. This streetwas then regarded as quite a good one.Picture No. 8 shows the same streetafter the American officers had been inthe city a few months. The holes andstones have disappeared and in theirstead is a hard, smooth, well-drainedway. One hundred and twelve miles ofstreets in Habana and its suburbs haveundergone this transformation. Thewidth of the streets ranges from 4.4meters to 13 meters. The engineers had a problem on theirhands to remake such narrow thorough-fares without blocking the traffic, butthey solved the problem, and the workprogressed rapidly without interruptionto the stream of carts and vehicles.During the repairing of one street, whichwas only 4.4 meters wide, between thehours of 6 a. m. and 6 p. m. Major
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1902
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  • bookid:nationalgeograp131902nati
  • bookyear:1888
  • bookdecade:1880
  • bookcentury:1800
  • bookauthor:National_Geographic_Society__U_S__
  • booksubject:Geography
  • bookpublisher:Washington___National_Geographic_Society
  • bookcontributor:Smithsonian_Libraries
  • booksponsor:Biodiversity_Heritage_Library
  • bookleafnumber:149
  • bookcollection:biodiversity
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  • BHL Consortium
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30 July 2014

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