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The first lighthouse keeper was a young man from Curaçao named Jacob Jacobs. Jacobs had learned the profession of a lighthouse keeper at another lighthouse on the small island of Klein Curaçao. Lighthouse keepers' house (1964) Federico Fingal from Aruba was the last person, in 1962, to watch over the California Lighthouse.
In 1873 or 1874, Henri Waters Gravenhorst discovered guano on Seroe Colorado, which led to subsequent developments in the area. In 1879, Aruba Island Gold Mining Company, along with Charles Brodie Sewell from London, established the Aruba Phosphate Company to initiate mining operations in the region. [6]
De Olde Molen (/də ˈoʊld ˈmoʊlən/ duh OLD-uh MOH-luhn), also known as Old Dutch Windmill, The Mill, or Alte Mühle is a non-operational octagonal smock mill with a stage (elevated platform) reconstructed in 1961 [2] in Bubali, Aruba. Since then, it has been serving as a restaurant and a windmill museum. [3] [4]
The Aruba Natural Bridge was a tourist attraction Aruba that was formed naturally out of coral limestone. It collapsed on 2 September 2005. [1] The natural arch, measuring approximately 25 feet (7.6 m) high and 100 feet (30 m) long, was the remnant of an ancient cave. [2] Aruba Natural Bridge ruins in 2013
The Oranjestad Streetcar (Dutch: Tram van Oranjestad) and (Papiamento: Tranvia Oranjestad) is a single-track tram line in Oranjestad, the capital city of Aruba. It is owned and operated by Arubus, the national public transportation company.
LA-29: Bayou Teche Bridge Extant Rolling lift (Scherzer) bascule: 1940 2016 LA 86 (Bridge Street) Bayou Teche: New Iberia: Iberia: LA-30: Calcasieu River West Fork Bridge Extant Vertical-lift bridge: 1968 2016 LA 378: Calcasieu River west fork Moss Bluff: Calcasieu