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This album is a collection of photos of the various ty- Photograph Album 

 pes of dredgers, the tug boats, and other craft belonging to 

 this Ministry. There are also some photos of important 

 works executed and in execution, that give an ample idea 

 of the forward state and progress of public works in the 

 Argentine Republic. Annexed to the album there is an 

 index of the photos it contains. 



This is the last plan prepared by the Ministry of Public 6- pim ofthe i ■■■•■. 



.., .„ * of Buenos Aires. 



\\ orks oi the Port of Buenos Aires in its present state. It 

 shows the general disposition ofthe Port, and contains also 

 the channels, the Riachuelo Port, Southern Dock, etc. On 

 both sides of the Riachuelo there exist good timber wharfs 

 that allow of ocean and coasting steamers being moored to 

 them. On the Southern shore of this river 1200 meters of 

 wharfing are now under construction. 



Where the South Entrance Channel commences the Mi- 

 nistry of Public Works has its workshops, where the re- 

 pairs to the dredgers and other craft are carried out. In 

 the North Basin are installed the graving docks and 

 workshops which belong to the administration of the Mi- 

 nistry of Marine. 



To give an exact idea of the importance of the Port of ". Panorama ofthe 



t-» . . . _ „ -p , Port of Buenos 



Buenos Aires, three Panoramas taken from different places Aires 

 are also exhibited. Thev show the traffic of ocean steamers 

 and coasting craft. 



This album contains photos of the steamers and other s.Photosof\ 



bi-longing to the 



vessels for all the different services of the Ministry. At the Ministry. 



end of this description there is an index of all the craft. 



II, RIVER PARANA 

 The importance ofthe studies ofthe Parana River in front i. p^n in relief of 



•*■ the Kiver Parana 



of the City of Rosario (on the occasion of competitive in front of Rosa- 



v x rio, Scale 1:20000. 



tenders for the construction of its Port being called for) 

 has motived the preparation of this plan. It shows the 

 curves for every meter difference in depth of the bed of 

 the river, and ist general formation, as well as its other 

 peculiarities, such as banks, channels, etc 



