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Culebra Cut Construction in 1909. The United States took over on May 4, 1904. Under the leadership of John F. Stevens, and later George Washington Goethals, the American effort started work on a cut that was wider but not as deep, as part of a new plan for an elevated lock canal, with a bottom width of 91 metres (299 ft); this would require creation of a valley up to 540 metres (0.34 mi) wide ...
Baltasar Corrada del Río (April 10, 1935 – March 11, 2018) was a Puerto Rican politician. He held various high political offices in the island, including President of the Puerto Rico Civil Rights Commission, Resident Commissioner (1977–1985), Mayor of the capital city of San Juan (1985–1989), Puerto Rico's 15th Secretary of State (1993–1995) and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court ...
Story of a Bad Woman (Spanish: Historia de una mala mujer) is a 1948 Argentine drama film of the classical era of Argentine cinema, directed by Luis Saslavsky and starring the Mexican superstar Dolores del Río, María Duval, and Alberto Closas. It is based on the 1892 Oscar Wilde play Lady Windermere's Fan. [1]
Arroyo Corte Madera del Presidio is a 4.1-mile-long (6.6 km) [2] year-round stream in southern Marin County, California, United States. This watercourse is also known as Corte Madera Creek , although the actual stream of that name flows into San Francisco Bay further north at Point San Quentin. [ 3 ]
First Lady or First Gentleman of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Primera Dama o Primer Caballero de Puerto Rico) is the official title given by the government of Puerto Rico to the spouse of the governor of Puerto Rico or the relatives of the governor, should the holder be unmarried. The governor's spouse leads the Office of the First Lady or First ...
Dama del Cerro de los Santos. Lady of Cerro de los Santos (Dama del Cerro de los Santos), also known as Gran Dama Oferente, is an Iberian sculpture from the 2nd century BCE, that is now in National Archaeological Museum in Madrid. This limestone sculpture depicts a full-length standing female figure 1.3 metres high.
The river winds through the towns of Catigbian, Antequera, Balilihan, and Maribojoc to its mouth at Cortes. [2] The river is navigable for up to 19 kilometres (12 mi) for boats drawing 4 ft, and up to 25 kilometres (15.5 mi) for rafts. [3] Its name comes from the word abad which means to meet or to converge. [4]
Damas River or de Las Damas River [1] (Spanish: río Damas) is a river of Chile located in Los Lagos Region. The river originates at an area known as Quema del Buey in the commune of Entre Lagos between Puyehue and Rupanco Lake. [1] The river ends at its convergence with Rahue River.