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This picture brings back some great memories of the sixties where we went fishing there for sharks just off the shore ,great times, we lived in Pembroke until my dad died in 73 , love your pics. Rory D.
Arch bridges view north (crumbling old suspension - left; new flat copy - right), Cross Crossing, San Fernando bypass, Trinidad, TT
The arch bridge on the lift, is Trinidad’s 3rd and final suspension bridge, and also the least known for this fact. The dual-pass bridge (left) at Cross Crossing on the San Fernando bypass is an arch suspension, similar in engineering principal to the much more famous bridge in Australia, at Sydney harbour. The other triple-pass bridge (right) is a ‘design copy’ to keep the visuals in balance, but is in fact a standard flat cantilever-span bridge. The bridges cross the once navigable Cipero river.
Both these bridges are noteworthy. The old (~ early 1960’s) arch suspension was the first and only of its kind built in Trinidad; and the new (~ late 1980’s) cantilever-span carried the longest pre-stressed concrete spans emplaced in any civil structure of the island at that time.
The two other better known suspension bridges in Trinidad (‘spring’ bridges in the local vernacular) are of the more conventional cable-suspension type; and were both built around the same time at the end of the 1800’s. Both have consequently collapsed, and both have been repaired. The Moruga suspension bridge failed in 1998 for lack of maintenance, its cables had rusted through; and the Blanchisseuse suspension bridge failed in 2009 when a crane-vehicle was operated on the bridge and exceeding the bridge’s weight limit.
From this picture it can be seen that the (left) Cross Crossing suspension bridge is crumbling at the edges, mainly along the suspension-axis points; but this is just cosmetic. The main structural operating components, the compressed arch and the unusual suspension columns, seem however to be in good order.
Palm grove (Oreodoxa oleracea - Palmiste or Cabbage Palms) overlooking Parlatavier Bay, Tobago, TT
This palm grove is a bit of an unsung natural treasure of Tobago. It sits right on the edge of the much lauded protected Tobago main-ridge ‘forest reserve’ of 1765. A collection of palms this size, is today very rear indeed. These are the type of palms, however may be your particular viewpoint, that so majestically helped define - in a botanical way - the idea of ‘empire’. They stand as tall and marching statements alongside the entrance roads to many industries, institutions and grand houses all over the world.
In Trinidad, the area of Palmiste south of San Fernando, dotted now with only a handful of these naturally growing palms, is all that is left of a grove that in yesteryear inspired the name of the place; and would have been a growth of palms similar in size to what is seen here in Tobago. Rows of these Palmiste or Cabbage palms, may still be found around entrances, particularly to old sugar estates. Some examples, although a bit tattered as they now represent a fading past and have been standing close to their lives end for over 100 years; may be found at Usine Ste Madeleine, Brechin Castle and at Woodfood Lodge estates in Trinidad.
The curious statue of Jamaica’s Marcus Garvy (1887 – 1940) at Harris Promenade, San Fernando, Trinidad, TT
Marcus Mosiah Garvy, born in Jamaica on 17th August 1887, died in London, England, on 10th June 1940 (age 52) was a pioneer Afro-Caribbean human rights activist in the US, the Caribbean and in England. Garvy is singularly noted as a self styled voice for African nationalism, and was the founder and guiding light of the Universal Negro Improvement Association.
The statue of Garvy at Harris Promenade, San Fernando, is curious in that it is not the expected local who is here honoured. However, Garvy had support in the wider Caribbean; with the Negro Progressive Convention in Guyana and the Negro Welfare and Cultural Association in Trinidad. He is noted to have visited San Fernando to speak in 1937 where he addressed a group at the Gayety theatre on Mucarapo Street.
The statue at Harris Promenade credits the Afrikan Advancement Association for its existence and the support of a donation by one Mr Alfred Graham for its construction.
The MV Panorama was so named to commemorate the steelband culture that so binds these islands of Trinidad and Tobago. The steelpan (steel drum musical instruments) are noted to have been invented, and principally developed, on the island of Trinidad. The steelpans are also the ‘National Instruments’ of TT.
‘Pan-O-Rama’ is the annual TT National Steelband competition that takes place on these islands each ‘Carnival’. Most of the islands (~150) steelbands participate in this event.
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this is the correct pic for here.
its a wash Fence or Bleaching fence.
Very nice shot. Greetings from Slovakia.
This picture brings back some great memories of the sixties where we went fishing there for sharks just off the shore ,great times, we lived in Pembroke until my dad died in 73 , love your pics. Rory D.
Arch bridges view north (crumbling old suspension - left; new flat copy - right), Cross Crossing, San Fernando bypass, Trinidad, TT
The arch bridge on the lift, is Trinidad’s 3rd and final suspension bridge, and also the least known for this fact. The dual-pass bridge (left) at Cross Crossing on the San Fernando bypass is an arch suspension, similar in engineering principal to the much more famous bridge in Australia, at Sydney harbour. The other triple-pass bridge (right) is a ‘design copy’ to keep the visuals in balance, but is in fact a standard flat cantilever-span bridge. The bridges cross the once navigable Cipero river.
Both these bridges are noteworthy. The old (~ early 1960’s) arch suspension was the first and only of its kind built in Trinidad; and the new (~ late 1980’s) cantilever-span carried the longest pre-stressed concrete spans emplaced in any civil structure of the island at that time.
The two other better known suspension bridges in Trinidad (‘spring’ bridges in the local vernacular) are of the more conventional cable-suspension type; and were both built around the same time at the end of the 1800’s. Both have consequently collapsed, and both have been repaired. The Moruga suspension bridge failed in 1998 for lack of maintenance, its cables had rusted through; and the Blanchisseuse suspension bridge failed in 2009 when a crane-vehicle was operated on the bridge and exceeding the bridge’s weight limit.
From this picture it can be seen that the (left) Cross Crossing suspension bridge is crumbling at the edges, mainly along the suspension-axis points; but this is just cosmetic. The main structural operating components, the compressed arch and the unusual suspension columns, seem however to be in good order.
Palm grove (Oreodoxa oleracea - Palmiste or Cabbage Palms) overlooking Parlatavier Bay, Tobago, TT
This palm grove is a bit of an unsung natural treasure of Tobago. It sits right on the edge of the much lauded protected Tobago main-ridge ‘forest reserve’ of 1765. A collection of palms this size, is today very rear indeed. These are the type of palms, however may be your particular viewpoint, that so majestically helped define - in a botanical way - the idea of ‘empire’. They stand as tall and marching statements alongside the entrance roads to many industries, institutions and grand houses all over the world.
In Trinidad, the area of Palmiste south of San Fernando, dotted now with only a handful of these naturally growing palms, is all that is left of a grove that in yesteryear inspired the name of the place; and would have been a growth of palms similar in size to what is seen here in Tobago. Rows of these Palmiste or Cabbage palms, may still be found around entrances, particularly to old sugar estates. Some examples, although a bit tattered as they now represent a fading past and have been standing close to their lives end for over 100 years; may be found at Usine Ste Madeleine, Brechin Castle and at Woodfood Lodge estates in Trinidad.
The curious statue of Jamaica’s Marcus Garvy (1887 – 1940) at Harris Promenade, San Fernando, Trinidad, TT
Marcus Mosiah Garvy, born in Jamaica on 17th August 1887, died in London, England, on 10th June 1940 (age 52) was a pioneer Afro-Caribbean human rights activist in the US, the Caribbean and in England. Garvy is singularly noted as a self styled voice for African nationalism, and was the founder and guiding light of the Universal Negro Improvement Association.
The statue of Garvy at Harris Promenade, San Fernando, is curious in that it is not the expected local who is here honoured. However, Garvy had support in the wider Caribbean; with the Negro Progressive Convention in Guyana and the Negro Welfare and Cultural Association in Trinidad. He is noted to have visited San Fernando to speak in 1937 where he addressed a group at the Gayety theatre on Mucarapo Street.
The statue at Harris Promenade credits the Afrikan Advancement Association for its existence and the support of a donation by one Mr Alfred Graham for its construction.
photo by "dede dedeb" <thedevilissix@hotmail.com>
photo by "dede dedeb" <thedevilissix@hotmail.com>
The MV Panorama was so named to commemorate the steelband culture that so binds these islands of Trinidad and Tobago. The steelpan (steel drum musical instruments) are noted to have been invented, and principally developed, on the island of Trinidad. The steelpans are also the ‘National Instruments’ of TT.
‘Pan-O-Rama’ is the annual TT National Steelband competition that takes place on these islands each ‘Carnival’. Most of the islands (~150) steelbands participate in this event.