Reynold George said the 63-year-old ex-leader died at his home.ĭuvalier, looking somewhat frail, made a surprise return to Haiti in 2011, allowing victims of his regime to pursue legal claims against him and prompting some old allies to rally around him. Brill Company.PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI - Jean-Claude-Duvalier, the self-proclaimed "president for life" of Haiti whose corrupt and brutal regime sparked a popular uprising that sent him into a 25-year exile, died Saturday of a heart attack, his attorney said. Cox of Wilkes University for the information that he provided about the construction of Haiti's first trams by the J.
In addition, the author wishes to express his gratitude to Prof. Detailed description of all the railways on the island. Major illustrated work of six volumes with extraordinary passages about the city's tramways: v. One of the few histories of Haiti that mentions its tramways, p. Written in blood: the story of the Haitian people, 1492-1971. "Haiti: General Features of the Republic" en Trade Promotion Series #5, pp. Compilation of tramway texts from 1897, 18. Documents relatifs au service des tramways de la capitale et du Chemin de Fer de la Plaine du Cul-de-Sac. Extraordinary detail of the tramway system. Description and two illustrations of the Port-au-Prince project. "A Street Railway in Hayti" in Street Railway Review (Chicago),, pp. The CCFPP went bankrupt in 1885 and the last tram of Port-au-Prince's first tramway ran in April 1888. Unfortunately, construction of the line was mediocre, derailments were frequent, maintenance of the cars was nonexistent and omnibus competition began in 1880. The tramway was a great success and in the following weeks CCFPP purchased four more cars from Brill and opened another line on the Grand-Rue.
This is the only illustration that has been found of a horsedrawn tram in Haiti : The drawing below shows the tramway on Rue des Miracles near Port-au-Prince Bay. The first line, which connected Croix des Bossales with the Champ de Mars, was probably the first railway in the country. Later that year it ordered two more cars from Brill, these with 6 benches. in Philadelphia on 13 October 1877 and inaugurated a tramway service on 17 January 1878. The CCFPP ordered four 5-bench open cars from J. The first franchise for the construction of a street railway was awarded in 1876 to a group of New York financiers, who founded the Compagnie des Chemins de Fer de Port-au-Prince. The capital had two urban railway eras: a horsecar network between 18, and a second system which started with steam locomotives in 1897 and ended with internal combustion engines in 1932. Black slaves declared their independence in 1804 and established a republic in 1820 – the second in the Americas. The Republic of Haiti occupies the western third of Hispaniola, the Caribbean island which Christopher Columbus visited in 1492 and which was under French rule after 1664.
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