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Portland Lighthouse ; Location: Portland Point Clarendon Jamaica [2]: Coordinates: 1]: Tower; Construction: steel skeletal tower [4]: Height: 35 metres (115 ft) [3]: Shape: square tower with balcony and lantern: Markings: red and white tower, red lantern and gallery [2]: Light; First lit: unknown [2]: Focal height: 198 metres (650 ft) [2]: Characteristic: Fl (2) W 15s. [2]: Portland Cottage ...
Portmore (Jamaican Creole: Puotmuor) is a large urban settlement located along the southeastern coast of Jamaica in Saint Catherine, and a dormitory community for Kingston and Spanish Town, which neighbour it.
San San is that bit of coast and mountain about 5 kilometers east of Port Antonio, Jamaica. San San encompasses about 2,000 acres (809 ha), from Drapers east to Blue Hole. The modern history of this part of Portland began when Captain Lorenzo Dow Baker, "the Banana King" purchased the western portion, then called Cold Harbour Estates in 1902 ...
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Claverty Cottage is a small settlement located about 5 miles/8 km from Blue Mountain Peak in the parish of Portland, Jamaica. [1] The population of this settlement is approximately 600 inhabitants. The district is known for its production of one of the most popular coffee brands in the island ( Blue Mountain coffee ). [ 2 ]
This is a list of plantation great houses in Jamaica.These houses were built in the 18th and 19th centuries when sugar cane made Jamaica the wealthiest colony in the West Indies. [1] Sugar plantations in the Caribbean were worked by enslaved African people [ 2 ] until the aboltion of slavery in 1833.
Portland, with its capital town Port Antonio, is a parish located on Jamaica's northeast coast. It is situated to the north of St Thomas and to the east of St Mary in Surrey County . It is one of the rural areas of Jamaica, containing part of the Blue Mountains , where the Jamaican Maroon communities of Moore Town and Charles Town are located.
Manchioneal is a settlement in Portland, Jamaica. It has a population of 2,292 as of 2009. [1] It is located towards the eastern end in Portland Parish. The town got its name from the Manchioneel tree, a plant located exclusively along the coastline in the community. The major sources of income for residents are fishing and farming.