Workers at a Cement Plant in Guaynabo
Description
View of the cement plant known as Puerto Rican Cement in Guaynabo. The chimneys, buildings with flat and gabled roofs, pipes, cylinders, and several workers are visible throughout the plant. In the background, a valley with several buildings with gabled roofs, followed by a body of water can be seen. The Puerto Rican Cement was built in 1937 in the Amelia neighborhood of Guaynabo.| Origin Name |
CSAST - 2008 (130)
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| Relation |
Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín > Colección Samuel Santiago > Fotos para el Gobierno de Puerto Rico 1949-1954
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| Geographical Coverage |
Guaynabo
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| Date |
1949/1954
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| Descriptive Notes |
Title assigned by the cataloging team.
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| Descripción decolonial |
The Puerto Rican Cement plant, a New Deal symbol of progress built at the end of the 1930s. While hailed for transforming local resources into infrastructure, its environmental impact remains implicit. Totemic smokestacks rise and frame the landscape beyond, an agricultural scene of undeveloped farms and the bay in the distance. The factory produces a concrete jungle that threatens to replace the tropical rainforests of the island. It represents industrial advancement but raises questions about sustainability and ecological consequences, echoing the paradox of progress at the cost of environmental degradation. For decades, the chimneys of the cement factory represented the process of modernity in Puerto Rico.
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| Rights |
English Rights. (hyperlink)
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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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