Person military officer engineer prison director
Manuel Alexandre de Sousa
1856–1903
military officer · engineer · prison director
Funchal-born infantry major who directed the Monte railway works from 1890 to 1893 and won the 1896 levada concession, which was rescinded in 1899. He was later director of the Limoeiro prison.
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- Levadas — Madeiran captain who won the 1896 levada concession, then had it rescinded in 1899 without having built anything.
- Levadas — Respondent in an 1896 appeal to the Lisbon court over the levadas enterprise.
- Customs houses — Governor and captain-general who built the customs redoubt in 1645.
- Monte Railway — Madeiran captain who took over the concession in 1890 and directed the works until dismissed in 1893.
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