Ruined attempt at the peninsular railway in northern district of Baja California, 1888-1892

Between July of 1891 and May 1892, the Mexican Land and Colonization Company, a British enterprise with a concession over the major part of Baja California´s wastelands, laid 27 kilometers of rail of what was to be known as the Peninsular Railway with the expectation of opening up lands to cultivati...

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Autor: J. Heath, Hilarie
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:México
Institución:Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur
Repositorio:Repositorio Institucional de la UABCS
Idioma:español
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Palabra clave:railway
Baja California.
Social sciences and communications Transport
Political Science
International Relations
Technology
Engineering Railroad
ferrocarril
Ciencias sociales
Transporte y comunicaciones
Ciencias políticas
Relaciones internacionales
Tecnología
Ingeniería del ferrocarril
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spelling Ruined attempt at the peninsular railway in northern district of Baja California, 1888-1892El malogrado proyecto del ferrocarril peninsular del Distrito Norte de la Baja California, 1887–1892J. Heath, HilarierailwayBaja California.Social sciences and communications TransportPolitical ScienceInternational RelationsTechnologyEngineering RailroadferrocarrilBaja California.Ciencias socialesTransporte y comunicacionesCiencias políticasRelaciones internacionalesTecnologíaIngeniería del ferrocarrilBetween July of 1891 and May 1892, the Mexican Land and Colonization Company, a British enterprise with a concession over the major part of Baja California´s wastelands, laid 27 kilometers of rail of what was to be known as the Peninsular Railway with the expectation of opening up lands to cultivation and settlement, and attracting investment. But the train´s starting point was San Quintin, a shallow bay ill–suited to becoming an important shipping port and, as far as the tracks had been built, led to nowhere. However, the objective of this paper is not to analyze the reasons for which the railway project did not come to a happy termination. Rather, it focuses on the controversies and conspiracies which surrounded its construction, arising from the struggle between the United States and Great Britain for predominance in Mexico´s far northwest.Entre julio de 1891 y mayo de 1892, la Mexican Land and Colonization Company, empresa británica que tenía en concesión la mayor parte del territorio baldío del norte de la península de Baja California, construyó 27 kilómetros de vía férrea con el objetivo de abrir terrenos a la colonización. Pero el tren, conocido como el Ferrocarril Peninsular, partía de San Quintín, una bahía de poco calado y prácticamente inservible como puerto naviero, y no llegó a ningún lado. Sin embargo, el objetivo de este trabajo no es analizar las razones por las cuales el proyecto ferroviario no llegó a su feliz término, sino que se enfoca en las controversias y conspiraciones que se dieron a raíz de la pugna entre Estados Unidos y Gran Bretaña por la hegemonía en el noroeste de México.Universidad Autónoma de Baja California2011-07-012021-06-03T03:33:55Z2021-06-03T03:33:55Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionHistorical ResearchInvestigación históricaapplication/pdftext/htmlhttps://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/10910.21670/ref.2011.24.a07 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12930/6464Estudios Fronterizos Revista; Vol. 12 No. 24 (2011); 185-221Estudios Fronterizos; Vol. 12 Núm. 24 (2011); 185-2212395-91340187-6961reponame:Repositorio Institucional de la UABCSinstname:Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Surinstacron:UABCSspahttps://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/109/187https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/109/193Derechos de autor 2014 Estudios Fronterizos, Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidadesinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositorioinstitucional.uabc.mx:20.500.12930/64642024-09-18T21:38:26Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Ruined attempt at the peninsular railway in northern district of Baja California, 1888-1892
El malogrado proyecto del ferrocarril peninsular del Distrito Norte de la Baja California, 1887–1892
title Ruined attempt at the peninsular railway in northern district of Baja California, 1888-1892
spellingShingle Ruined attempt at the peninsular railway in northern district of Baja California, 1888-1892
J. Heath, Hilarie
railway
Baja California.
Social sciences and communications Transport
Political Science
International Relations
Technology
Engineering Railroad
ferrocarril
Baja California.
Ciencias sociales
Transporte y comunicaciones
Ciencias políticas
Relaciones internacionales
Tecnología
Ingeniería del ferrocarril
title_short Ruined attempt at the peninsular railway in northern district of Baja California, 1888-1892
title_full Ruined attempt at the peninsular railway in northern district of Baja California, 1888-1892
title_fullStr Ruined attempt at the peninsular railway in northern district of Baja California, 1888-1892
title_full_unstemmed Ruined attempt at the peninsular railway in northern district of Baja California, 1888-1892
title_sort Ruined attempt at the peninsular railway in northern district of Baja California, 1888-1892
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv J. Heath, Hilarie
author J. Heath, Hilarie
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv railway
Baja California.
Social sciences and communications Transport
Political Science
International Relations
Technology
Engineering Railroad
ferrocarril
Baja California.
Ciencias sociales
Transporte y comunicaciones
Ciencias políticas
Relaciones internacionales
Tecnología
Ingeniería del ferrocarril
topic railway
Baja California.
Social sciences and communications Transport
Political Science
International Relations
Technology
Engineering Railroad
ferrocarril
Baja California.
Ciencias sociales
Transporte y comunicaciones
Ciencias políticas
Relaciones internacionales
Tecnología
Ingeniería del ferrocarril
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