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1913-03-10

First locomotive of the Port-au-Prince to Saint-Marc railway enters the capital

Haitian

On Monday 10 March 1913, at half past 9 in the evening, the first locomotive of the railway from Port-au-Prince to St. Marc entered the capital, having covered the 103 kilometers of distance between these 2 cities in 4 hours and a half.

Rouzier tells this under the entry PORT-AU-PRINCE.

Source  ·  p. t. III, p. 475 Sémexant Rouzier, Dictionnaire géographique et administratif universel d'Haïti (t. III) (1927), p. t. III, p. 475