Ingenio Constancia Railway
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![Sugar cane transport, 'Central Constancia' sugar factory, Cuba [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Arthur_Koppel_-_Zuckerrohrtransport,_Zuckerfabrik_%27Central_Constancia%27,_Cuba.jpg) Sugar cane transport, 'Central Constancia' sugar factory, Cuba
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.jpg) Abel Santamaria
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| Route length: | 68.4 km | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Gauge : | 762 mm ( narrow gauge ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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The Ingenio Constancia Railway is a narrow-gauge railway with a gauge of 762 mm (30 inches ) in Cuba , parts of which are still in use today on the plantation.
Route and superstructure
In 1909, the narrow-gauge railway, which was 68.4 km long, connected the Central Constancia sugar factory with Santa Clara , Castillito , Yaguramas and Horquita . The rails weighed 15 kg / m (30 pounds / yard) per meter .
Rail vehicles
There were nine locomotives in 1909, at least one of which had been delivered before 1898, as well as one passenger car, 18 flat cars and 405 sugar cane cars.
Sugar factory
The sugar factory was built in 1902 near Encrucijada (en) . It had a capacity of 220,000 arrobes (2530 t) of sugar cane per day. It was renamed in 1859 after the revolutionary leader Abel Santamaría and is still in operation.
Individual evidence
- ↑ According to the tropical planter from 1898, the photo comes from Java.
- ^ A b John William Furlong: Military Notes on Cuba, 1909. US Government Printing Office, 1909. p. 80.
- ^ Munson Steamship Line: The Cuba review. December 1907. p. 21.
- ^ Antiguos Ingenios y Centrales Azucareros de Cuba.
Coordinates: 22 ° 35 ′ 40.8 ″ N , 79 ° 51 ′ 21.9 ″ W.