Box 2
Container
Contains 155 Results:
Oil Well at Brighton Trinidad Lake Petroleum Co. Photo shows Well No. 11. Guayaguayare Oil Feild. The Guayaguayare Oilfield opened up in the 1900's by Randolph Rust and John Leelum. (TS-60)
Sub-Series — Box: 2, Folder: 7
Dates:
1922 - 2008
In 1865, Walter Darwent founded the Paria Oil Co. to drill for oil in south Trinidad. First successful oil well drilled by Walter Darwent at Aripero in [1866] Trinidad. (TS-61)
Sub-Series — Box: 2, Folder: 7
Dates:
1922 - 2008
Fredrick Street, Port of Spain, Trinidad, before 1896. Picture of an older Fredrick Street. The great fire of 1896 burnt all the buildings. Fredrick street rebuilt by George Brone. Note the various business sign posts. (TS-63)
Sub-Series — Box: 2, Folder: 7
Dates:
1922 - 2008
Almond Walk, now known as Broadway, 1870s. Note Mule tram lines. This part of Port of Spain was lined with Almond trees. Note also the paved gutter in the street - one of the drains of the city. The gutter was paved with blue Stones from the Laventille quarry. (TS-65)
Sub-Series — Box: 2, Folder: 7
Dates:
1922 - 2008
A French Mono-Plane lands in the Savannah in the 1920s. Planes often landed in the Savannah in those years in Trinidad. (TS-73)
Sub-Series — Box: 2, Folder: 7
Dates:
1922 - 2008