Siparia (region (administrative division))
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Item
Pitch Lake, Trinidad, 1897
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307J/6
Scope and Contents
229 x 291 mm (overall); 120 x 192 mm (image). Halftone print. Studio name printed as part of image, print inscribed by hand in ink, au recto, below image. Photograph shows at least four people loading horse-drawn wagons.
Pitch Lake is the largest natural deposit of asphalt in the world located in La Brea, southwest Trinidad, within the Siparia Regional Corporation.
Pitch Lake is the largest natural deposit of asphalt in the world located in La Brea, southwest Trinidad, within the Siparia Regional Corporation.
Dates:
1897
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