Historical and Geospatial Reconstruction of a Sector of the Alternative Route of the Railroad to the Atlantic (1871-1873) Called “Fajardo Line,” in a Geographical Area Associated with the Valleys of Orosi and Ujarrás, Cartago, Costa Rica
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| Formato: | artículo original |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de Publicación: | 2022 |
| Descripción: | This work consists of a historical and geospatial reconstruction, using Geographic Information Systems (GIS), of a sector of the alternative route of the Costa Rican Atlantic railway called “Fajardo line,” built between 1871-1873 and later abandoned. It was promoted by the government of Tomás Guardia Gutiérrez and executed by the North American contractor Henry Meiggs Keith. At the time, this work included, geographically, the north and west of the colonial valleys of Orosi and Ujarrás, respectively, in the province of Cartago. This research covered the compilation of documents (historical) and geospatial inputs, as well as the identification, analysis, and integration, through GIS, of construction traces of civil works and evidence of associated anthropic activity, within the study area. As a result, it was possible to geospatially reconstruct the original railway route in the geographic sector of interest through a reliable, methodological integration of the different identified evidence. |
| País: | Portal de Revistas UNA |
| Institución: | Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UNA |
| Lenguaje: | Español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.www.una.ac.cr:article/16179 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/geografica/article/view/16179 |
| Palabra clave: | railroad reconstruction heritage Atlantic Costa Rica Ferrocarril reconstrucción patrimonio Atlántico |