(CUBA) Cruger Alfred Report on the proposed route of Cubas f

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(CUBA.) Cruger, Alfred. Report on the proposed route of Cuba's first railroad. Document Signed, 32 manuscript pages, titled "Camino de Hierro, Departmento de Ingenieros." Folio, original wrappers, disbound; foxing. Cerro, Havana, 20 October 1835

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In the earliest period of railroad technology, Cuban leaders became interested in a rail line to carry sugar and coffee from inland Güines to port in Havana. In 1837 the railroad was launched, one of the first in the world and beating Spain by more than a decade. See Zanetti & Garcia, Sugar & Railroads: A Cuban History, pages 18-33. This report by the railroad's noted German-American chief engineer was issued six months after his arrival in Cuba, and two years before the project's completion. He discusses in detail the engineering obstacles involved in two different routes between Havana and Rincón, including excavation, drainage, and one spot that would need to be filled with 35,000 yards of soil.