Bog Walk
Town in St Catherine, Jamaica
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Coordinates: 18°06′07″N 77°00′19″W / 18.10205°N 77.00541°W / 18.10205; -77.00541 | |
Country | Jamaica |
Parish | St Catherine |
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Bog Walk is a town in the parish of Saint Catherine , Jamaica .
In 1898 work started on a hydroelectric power plant on the Rio Cobre near Bog Walk. The plant (1,500 H.P. ) was completed the next year and used to power Kingston 's tramway system (until then the cars were hauled by pairs of mules). [2] In a June 1904 accident, 33 workers died while cleaning the huge water pipe feeding the power station. [3] [4] The plant, one of the earliest in the Western Hemisphere, was closed in August 1966.
References
- ↑ Bog Walk [ dead link ] , World Gazetteer
- ↑ Hudson, Brian (2003). Waterfalls of Jamaica: Sublime and Beautiful Objects . University of West Indies Press . pp. 55, 59. ISBN 9766401020 .
- ↑ "Fearful Catastrophe At Bog Walk Drowning Men Fight For Life Sudden Rush of Water Causes Panic 33 Able-Bodied Men Drowned In Water-Pipe No Accurate Information as To Cause Of The Disaster". The Gleaner . 28 June 1904. , cited in "1904 Bog Walk disaster relived" . The Gleaner . 2 July 2021 . Retrieved 17 December 2022 .
- ↑ Tortello, Rebecca. "Bog Walk Tube" . Pieces of the Past. The Gleaner . Retrieved 17 December 2022 .