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Photographer: J. Makali Bruton
Caption:
An additional monument to railroad construction in San Luis Potosí | Additional Description: This monument is interesting in that it is bilingual and notes the completion of the railroad here in 1888. The additional marker notes the joint efforts of the United States and Mexico to construct the Laredo-Mexico City Railroad. It reads:
F.C.N.M
Se comenzó en Sept. 5 1887. Se termino en sept. 28 1888
6.30. p.m.
English:
M.N.R.R.
Begun, Sept 5 1887 Finished Sept 28 1888
530 p.m.
Additional marker:
Reconociendo los esfuerzos de Ferrocarrileros Mexicanos y Estadounidenses que construyeron la via férrea Mexico-Laredo para el progreso del país.
Por esta Magna Obra rendimos Glorioso Homenaje.
Sr. Lic Antonio Rocha C., Gobernador del Estado.
Sr. C. Antonio Acebo D., Presidente Municipal.
Sr. Julian Garcia S., Supte. Div. San Luis.
Comisionados:
Juan Romo R., Juan G. Duarte., Eiliberto Degollado E.,
San Luis Potosi, S.L.P. Dicembre de 1974.
Submitted: April 11, 2019, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana.
Database Locator Identification Number: p469737
File Size: 0.276 Megabytes
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