Summary - TST 37
TRANSPORTES, SERVICIOS Y TELECOMUNICACIONES
Dídac CUBEIRO
Conectando la ciudad al mar: cambios en Manila con la llegada del tranvía (1880-1898)
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[ Abstract ]
This article analyzes the organization of the modern network of
trams in the city of Manila, and the connections of the railway
with the port, that were constructed at the end of the 19th
century to facilitate Philippine exports to international
markets. It highlights continuity between Spanish projects and
those adopted the US Administration, which revived the projects
of the Dirección General de Obras Públicas, and in many cases,
continued building along the original network layout. The
Spanish Administration planned a tram line to cover the route
between the railway line that linked Manila with Dagupán and the
docks of the port of Manila. In 1884 the project was contracted
to provide a tram system to the city of Manila, operated by the
Compañía de Tranvías de Filipinas. After the US occupation of
the Philippines at the beginning of the 20th century, the
concession was transferred to the Manila Electric and Railway
Company (MERALCO), which took over the operation of the tram and
the power plants that supplied electricity to the city. Today
Meralco remains one of the main electricity supplier companies
of the archipelago.