Aerial view of the Carraízo reservoir and lake
Description
Aerial view of the Carraízo reservoir in the town of Trujillo Alto. At both ends of the reservoir there are houses and structures. On the far right is a busy paved road. The dam has eight gates and at the far right there is a structure attached to the gates.| Origin Name |
Viaje en helicoptero de SJ al Rio Loiza, Ago 1953 (12)
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| Relation |
Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín > Sección X, Serie 3, Colección Rafael Picó
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| Geographical Coverage |
Trujillo Alto
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| Date |
1953-08
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| Descriptive Notes |
Title assigned by the cataloguing team. The date was provided by Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín (FLMM).
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| Descripción decolonial |
View of the Carraízo dam in Trujillo Alto, part of the Grande de Loíza river. Originally conceived in the 1940s, the dam was built in 1954 by the newly administered Luis Muñoz Marín to provide water and electricity to the San Juan metropolitan area. Powerful and monumental in scale, the dam represented Puerto Rico's aspirations for modernization and industrialization. Despite being an infrastructure of great importance to providing water service to San Juan, the truth is that the government administrations in power have neglected this important work of civil engineering, facing the abandonment of its hydroelectric turbines due to cost concerns faced by the preys on environmental challenges over time. Major hurricanes have exacerbated these problems in recent years and caused significant damage to facilities. Sedimentation, caused by poor construction and land conservation practices and cleaning of river surfaces, has reduced the dam's storage capacity. Sedimentation, caused by poor land conservation and construction practices, has reduced the dam’s storage capacity. Groundwater withdrawals and contamination, driven by industrial developments, have contributed to the depletion of vital resources in the region. Recent federally funded efforts to dredge the reservoir reflect a contemporary struggle to balance the demands of modernity with the preservation of environmental integrity. The reservoir's story underscores the toll of modernity and industrialization, which reflect the historically high costs of extractive economies to peoples and environments.
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| Rights |
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| Editor |
Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín
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| Resource Format |
JPEG
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| Resource Type |
Image
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