TOPOGRAPHY ALONG SAO FRANCISCO RAILWAY 



Estrada de Ferro Sid de Pernambuco 



67 



Kilometers. 



129.78 

 133.58 

 142.44 

 1 55. 74 

 158.30 

 163.82 

 167.86 

 174.72 



183*. 7i 

 197.37 

 209.65 

 214.46 

 227.98 

 242.79 

 253.52 

 271.16 



Station. 



Pirangy 



Boa Sorte. . 



Catende 



Jaqueira 



Colonia 



Marayal 



Florestal 



Barra da Jangada 



Per y- Pery . /. 



SaoBenedicto 



Quipapd, 



Agna Branca 



Glycerio 



Canhotinho 



Angelim 



Sao Joao 



Garanhuns 



Elevation. 



Meters. 

 120.00 

 125.00 

 153.00 

 185.00 

 189.00 

 215.60 

 246.74 

 296.00 



368.60 

 427.47 

 563.43 

 529.19 

 497.27 

 647.30 

 699.90 

 866.30 



The terminal station of the Recife ao Sao Francisco railway in the city 

 of Pernambuco is called Cinco Pontas. It will be seen from the eleva- 

 tion given in the table above that this station is on the flat plain on 

 which most of the city of Pernambuco is built. Between this place 

 and Afogados the railway runs near the mangrove swamps that cover 

 much of this plain. Afogados, the next station, is on the edge of a man- 

 grove swamp which extends for some kilometers still farther south and 

 west. 



About 300 meters northeast of Boa Viagem station the railway passes 

 from the mangrove flats on to the white sandy plain like that about 

 Areias station on the Central railway. This sandy plain extends east- 

 ward to the sea. Near the sea it is planted with cocoanut palms. The 

 accompanying illustration gives a good idea of the general appearance 

 of this flat sand-covered plain. 



Southwest of the Boa Viagem station the railway continues over the 

 sand plain, but it gradually approaches the Tertiary hills that rise to 

 the northwest of the railway line until they are within a stone's throw 

 of the track. 



Prazeres (kilometer 12) is still on the sandy plain, but the hills to the 

 west are only about a kilometer from the line at this place. At Ponte- 

 zinha there is a small isolated hill about 200 meters west of the station 

 and another a kilometer to the northwest. Half a kilometer beyond 

 Pontezinha the railway crosses the mangrove swamps and Rio Jaboatao ; 

 the swamps extend 2 kilometers beyond the river nearly to llha station. 



