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02 Sep 2009
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the tractors hayfever
obviously an accident with a bale of hay ;-)
06 Nov 2009
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Grimming - Schartenspitz 2328 m
The Schartenspitz is the first summit east from the High Grimming and can be only reached by climbing.......in the background the "Niedere Tauern".......
Camilo Cienfuegos
Camilo Cienfuegos Gorriarán (born 06.02.1932 in Havanna, died 28.10.1959, probably due to a plane crash over the sea between Camagüey and Havanna) was one of the most important Cuban revolutionists. Cienfuegos name translates in English to "a hundred fires". The monument and museum shown in the images, the "Monumento y MuseoCamilo Cienfuegos", was built after his death in Yaguajay, at the site of the barracks of the Batista's forces during the 1958 battle.
Che Guevara, who was close to Cienfuegos, named his son Camilo in his honor. I met Camilo one day at an exhibition of his photos in my hometown, see 2nd PiP (original photo by www.info-graz.at ). It's a small world!
prison transport
sugar mill ruins "Simón Bolivar"
Dolores mansion
This is the old mansion of the former mill "Dolores" (built 1854). Some people now found a home in its ruins. They have their own tower at least. But there are legends about hearing the sound of thick chains rubbing against the floor, the swaying of armchairs, and the footsteps of people in the nights. Some residents say they feel the lament of slaves whipped by their owners and other stories, linked to what was one of the important Cuban sugar mills.
The factory owners had a large number of slaves for the domestic and agricultural work of the cultivation of sugar cane and their industrial work, in addition there were coffee plantations and palm groves, symbols of a splendor based on mistreatment and oppression. As was the custom at the time, the masters built a beautiful house there in 1872, a reflection of a remarkable economy of which there are still elements of its architecture, very deteriorated. The most striking thing is still the tower, which had a huge iron bell, whose tolling called for the endowment of slaves, dispersed in the more than 1600 hectares that made up the heritage.
sugar mill "Marcelo Salado"
The next stop on our "sugar mill tour" through Cuba is "Marcelo Salado", now visitable as the "Museo de la Agroindustria Azucarera".
sugar mill machinery
Sugar mill Marcelo Salado (Reforma) near Remedios.
steam powered
A lot of steam machines can be found in the "Marcelo Salado" sugar mill. The PiP reminds me of another steam beauty in Styria:
www.ipernity.com/doc/berny/49450158
MINAZ #1850
Steam locomotive #1850 was built by Baldwin Locomotive Works (Philadephia) in 1935 (construction no. 61888), wheels 2-8-2, gauge 4' 8½". It worked at sugar mill "Ifrain Alfonso" and is now displayed at sugar mill "Marcelo Salado".
To the left is steam locomotive #1626, which was built by Baldwin in 1914 (construction no. 41746), wheels 2-6-0, gauge 4' 8½". It worked at sugar mill "Jose Maria Perez" before.
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