Tag: Puerto Rico
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Tropical Nights
Last “new” photo from a 2007 trip to Puerto Rico, this one taken with a bulb shutter at night.
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Island Industry
As I continued to dig through the archives, I found this one from a trip to Puerto Rico back in 2009. We’re looking at the loading pier/dock for the abandoned and since redeveloped Guanica Sugar Mill. Once one of the largest sugar mills in the world, it closed operations in 1982 and loomed large for…
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Sentinel, No. 3
Here’s another photo from the archives and one I’ve published in a few iterations of my website. Known as the “Ruinas del Faro de Guánica,” the abandoned Guánica lighthouse, pictured above, dates back to 1893. I’ve named this photo “Sentinel” in honor of Robustiano Rivera, who served as lighthouse keeper and alerted the local mayor…
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Rum Runner
Visiting Puerto Rico (even before Hurricane Maria) was a reminder of how diverse the USA really is, in every sense of the word. We avoided San Juan and visited the southwestern end of the island for a week, and we enjoyed it immensely. Eaves, Chris (April 21, 2009). Rum Runner[Photograph]. Puerto Rico, U.S.A. Shot on…