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1960 Map of Central Aguirre

Name: 1960 Topographic Map of Central Aguirre
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1962
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1962

About this map

The sugar industry and maritime infrastructure of southern Puerto Rico define this landscape along the Bahia de Jobos. At the heart of the region sits the industrial complex of Central Aguirre, a significant company town surrounded by extensive irrigation canals and the tracks of the Central Guamaní railroad. This network connected the sugar processing facilities with the coastal shipping point at Puerto de Jobos and smaller settlements like Coquí and San Felipe.

Coastal geography is intricately detailed, from the protective mangrove fringes of the Laguna de Las Mareas to the offshore cluster of the Cayos de Barca and Cayos Caribes. Beyond the sugar mills, the map records the community institutions of the era, including the Colegio del Perpetuo Socorro and the Escuela Luce. The inland terrain transitions from the agricultural flats of Machete and Pozo Hondo toward the hills, drained by the Río Guamaní and the Río Seco.