Article Nº 0666 Quay, pier or lighthouse Santa Cruz Vol. I · p. 362

Santa Cruz quay

Original title: Cais de Santa Cruz

Quay, pier or lighthouse

History of the Santa Cruz landing places (1845, c. 1870, 1908–09) and of the Porto Novo landing stage (1904–08).

Santa Cruz (‘Holy Cross’) once had a small landing place, built in 1845, and later a quay built on the orders of the Public Works Department (Direção das Obras Públicas) in 1870 or shortly afterwards. The present quay is the work of the District General Council (Junta Geral do Distrito) and was built from 1908 to 1909. Porto Novo (‘new harbour’) quay. The small landing place in this locality was built by the General Council in 1904, 1905 and 1908.

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Chronology

1845 A small landing stage was built on the rocky spit in Santa Cruz bay.
1870 Public Works had a quay built at Santa Cruz, improving its landing stage.
1904–1908 The Junta Geral built the Porto Novo landing stage in 1904, 1905 and 1908.
1908–1909 The Junta Geral do Distrito built the larger present quay at Santa Cruz.

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