(CUBA) Albear Francisco de; et al A notable engineer reports

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(CUBA.) Albear, Francisco de; et al. A notable engineer reports on a Cuban highway project. Manuscript Signed by Albear several times, and by several other officials, 82 manuscript pages (on leaves numbered 92-139). Folio, disbound; minor foxing, worming, and wear. Havana, 30 June 1851

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Francisco de Albear y Fernández de Lara (1816-1887) was perhaps Cuba's greatest engineer of the 19th century; he designed the Havana aqueduct which is still in use. This document is a careful analysis of a major highway project which he and his board recommend should be cancelled due to budget constraints, and the contractor relieved without compensation. It includes numerous tables, statistics, and one diagram (laid down on a blank sheet as issued). The use of slave labor is discussed.