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297: 22: 244: 165:, on a heavily forested and swampy terrain. The sugar was carried in railroad wagons and then loaded onto flat-bottom boats to be taken over 25 miles of shallow sea (6 feet) to deep ocean, ( 362: 281: 338: 357: 274: 86: 105: 58: 208: 372: 129:
the sugar produced by the factories of Central Patria and Central Adelaida. It is located on a bay in front of
65: 43: 377: 267: 331: 72: 142: 54: 39: 32: 367: 197: 157:(chico), which means "small" or "tight". The only access to Chicola was through 9 kilometers of 324: 8: 169:), where it was transferred to big liners. It operated until 1968. In 1962 the Cuban 79: 154: 312: 255: 162: 134: 308: 251: 166: 158: 177:, which was closed in 1975. Today it is an abandoned locality visited only by 138: 351: 223: 210: 126: 125:. It was built in 1932 by the Fallas-Gutiérrez sugar company to ship to the 181:. The railways were salvaged for materials for cattle fence construction. 170: 174: 178: 130: 21: 296: 304: 122: 243: 363:
Buildings and structures in Ciego de Ávila Province
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