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During its history, the WIF&SS Co. operated a total of five car ferries to Cuba very similar in design and operation to the ferries built for Great Lakes service. In addition the company operated two other vessels between the United States and Cuba. SS Grand Haven (Car Ferry) SS Henry M. Flagler (Car Ferry) SS Joseph R. Parrott (Car Ferry)
Railway network in Cuba. Total: 8,285 km; Standard gauge: 8,125 km 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) gauge (105 km electrified) Narrow gauge: 160 km of 2 ft 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (699 mm) gauge. [1] Hershey Electric Railway. Cuba built the first railway system in the Spanish empire, before the 1848 start in the Iberian peninsula.
Ship name Flag Built Entered Service Gross tonnage Length Width Passengers Vehicles Knots Image Kriti I: 1979: 1996: 27,239 GT: 192 m: 27 m: 1,500: 650: 22: rebuilt ferry, originally built by Koyo Dockyard, Mihara, Japan. Named after Crete and now laid up in Perama. [17]
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American-born Canadian railway builder Sir William Cornelius Van Horne helped expand Cuba's railway network in the early 20th century. He was an investor in the Cuba Railroad Company (founded 1900). In 1924 Ferrocarriles Consolidados de Cuba was created from a dispute between Ferrocarriles Consolidados de Cuba and Ferrocarriles de Cuba. [2]
HAVANA (Reuters) -Havana residents watched from shore on Saturday as Russian warships arrived for the second time in as many months, in a visit that Cuba called routine. The patrol ship ...
Havana Harbor is the port of Havana, the capital of Cuba, and it is the main port in Cuba. Other port cities in Cuba include Cienfuegos, Matanzas, Manzanillo, and Santiago de Cuba. The harbor was created from the natural Havana Bay. It is entered through a narrow inlet and divides into three main harbors: Marimelena, Guanabacoa, and Atarés.
A fleet of Russian warships, including a nuclear-powered submarine, left Havana’s port on Monday after a five-day visit to Cuba following planned military drills in the Atlantic Ocean. The ...