Reconstrucción histórica y geoespacial de un sector de la ruta alternativa del ferrocarril al Atlántico (años 1871-1873), denominada: “línea de Fajardo”, en un área geográfica asociada con los valles de Orosi y de Ujarrás, Cartago, Costa Rica
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2022
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Sanabria Coto, Iván Josué
Bonilla Hidalgo, Maureen Arlene
Quesada Román, Adolfo
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Este trabajo consiste en una reconstrucción histórica y geoespacial, mediante Sistemas de Información
Geográfica (SIG), de un sector de la ruta alternativa del ferrocarril al Atlántico de Costa Rica
denominada: “línea de Fajardo”, construida entre los años 1871-1873 y posteriormente abandonada.
Esta fue impulsada por el gobierno de Tomás Guardia Gutiérrez y ejecutada por el contratista
norteamericano Henry Meiggs Keith. En su momento esa obra incluyó, geográficamente, el norte
y el oeste de los valles coloniales de Orosi y Ujarrás, respectivamente, en la provincia de Cartago.
Esta investigación abarcó la compilación documental (histórica) y de insumos geoespaciales, así
como la identificación, análisis e integración, mediante SIG, de vestigios constructivos de obras
civiles y de evidencias de actividad antrópica asociada, dentro del área de estudio. Como resultado
fue posible reconstruir geoespacialmente la ruta original del ferrocarril en el sector geográfico de interés,
mediante una confiable integración metodológica, de las diferentes evidencias identificadas.
This work consists of a historical and geospatial reconstruction, using Geographic Information Systems (GIS), of a sector of the alternative route of the Costa Rican Atlantic railway called “Fajardo line,” built between 1871-1873 and later abandoned. It was promoted by the government of Tomás Guardia Gutiérrez and executed by the North American contractor Henry Meiggs Keith. At the time, this work included, geographically, the north and west of the colonial valleys of Orosi and Ujarrás, respectively, in the province of Cartago. This research covered the compilation of documents (historical) and geospatial inputs, as well as the identification, analysis, and integration, through GIS, of construction traces of civil works and evidence of associated anthropic activity, within the study area. As a result, it was possible to geospatially reconstruct the original railway route in the geographic sector of interest through a reliable, methodological integration of the different identified evidence.
This work consists of a historical and geospatial reconstruction, using Geographic Information Systems (GIS), of a sector of the alternative route of the Costa Rican Atlantic railway called “Fajardo line,” built between 1871-1873 and later abandoned. It was promoted by the government of Tomás Guardia Gutiérrez and executed by the North American contractor Henry Meiggs Keith. At the time, this work included, geographically, the north and west of the colonial valleys of Orosi and Ujarrás, respectively, in the province of Cartago. This research covered the compilation of documents (historical) and geospatial inputs, as well as the identification, analysis, and integration, through GIS, of construction traces of civil works and evidence of associated anthropic activity, within the study area. As a result, it was possible to geospatially reconstruct the original railway route in the geographic sector of interest through a reliable, methodological integration of the different identified evidence.
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Ferrocarril, RECONSTRUCCIÓN, PATRIMONIO CULTURAL, Atlántico, COSTA RICA, RAILWAY OCCUPATIONS, RECONSTRUCTION, heritage