Rail transport in Jamaica
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The first railways of Jamaica were constructed from 1845, making it the second British colony to receive a railway system, following Canada in 1836 with the Champlain and St Lawrence Railroad. Constru
Opening of the Jamaica Railway - Kingston Terminus
A motorized railcar leaving Buff Bay station, in 1960
Jamaica
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Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean, covering 10,991 square kilometres. It is the third-largest island in the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean, after Cuba and the island of Hispaniola. Jam
Rail transport in Jamaica
…started only twenty years after the Stockton & Darlington Railway commenced operations in the United Kingdom. The public passenger railway service in Jamaica, which ended in October 1992, had a brief revival in 2011 only to be closed once again in August 2012. The Parliament of Jamaica had supported a revival…
A statue of Christopher Columbus in St. Ann Parish
Henry Morgan was a Caribbean pirate, privateer, plantation owner and slaveholder. He first came to the West Indies as an indentured servant, like most of the early English colonists.
Harbour Street, Kingston, c. 1820
Governor Sir Lionel Smith, accompanied by Revd James Phillippo, proclaiming the abolition of slavery in the colony of Jamaica, on 1 August 1838, from the King's House in Spanish Town