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    Madeira-Mamoré Railroad is an abandoned railroad built in the Brazilian state of Rondônia between 1907 and 1912, during the rubber boom. The railroad...
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    along the rubber territories of the Madeira River. The MadeiraMamoré Railroad became known as the "Devil's Railroad", on account of having caused the death...
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    (7 ft) of water. The Madeira-Mamoré Railroad runs in a 365 km (227 mi) loop around the unnavigable section to Guajará-Mirim on the Mamoré River, but is not...
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    Coronel Church, or Madeira-Mamoré No. 12, is a historic 4-4-0 steam locomotive of the Madeira-Mamoré Railroad, said to be the first locomotive in the Amazon...
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    pioneers around 1907, during the construction of the Madeira-Mamoré railroad. After the railroad was completed, the local population was about one thousand...
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    jungle. The Madeira-Mamoré Railroad runs in a 365 kilometres (227 mi) loop around the unnavigable section to Guajará-Mirim on the Mamoré River. Rio Mulatos-Potosí...
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    Porto Velho, which would bypass the rapids on the Madeira. The rail line was called the Madeira-Mamoré Railway. It was supposed to go as far as Riberalta...
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    Antonio do Madeira, the first to reach the Amazon region. His works developed from 1907 to 1915. At the same time, the Madeira-Mamoré Railroad was being...
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    which Bolivia is promised a railroad link to the Madeira River at Porto Velho, today's Rondônia. 1907: Madeira-Mamoré Railroad is built by Americans under...
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    program for the construction of railways continued, including the Madeira-Mamoré railroad and technical-professional schools, outlined in the Afonso Pena...
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    The Treaty of Petrópolis in 1903 led to the construction of the Madeira-Mamoré Railroad, leading to increased settlement. Decree-Law No. 5812 (13 of September...
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    Brewarrina Madeira-Mamoré Railroad (365 km; 227 mi) along the huge rapids of upper Madeira Carillon and Grenville Railway Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad Chignecto...
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    two million pounds sterling and Brazil's commitment to build the Madeira-Mamoré Railroad that would allow Bolivia access to the outside world. On 25 February...
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    Madeira and then reach the navigable part of the river in Porto Velho, in the state of Rondônia. For the construction of the Madeira-Mamoré railroad,...
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    is the Amazon, containing a replica of the Amazon Theatre, the Madeira-Mamoré Railroad and several other characteristic figures of the region. Among its...
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    all cities maintain municipal markets. Trans-Amazonian Railway Madeira-Mamoré Railroad Wikimedia Commons has media related to Trans-Amazonian Highway...
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  • rediscovery are based on the story of Coronel Church, an engine from the Madeira-Mamoré Railroad in Brazil that was found preserved in the rainforest. The engine...
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    million réis) and the promise to construct the Madeira-Mamoré Railroad; linking the Mamoré River and the Madeira River to allow the flow of regional production...
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    state of Amazonas allowed the completion of construction of the Madeira-Mamoré railroad, which had been interrupted due to the great number of deaths from...
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  • railway Brasil-Peru Madeira-Mamoré Railroad São Luís-Teresina Railway "Li's visit to Latin America draws attention to Twin Ocean Railroad Connection project"...
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    previously worked on the Colombian Pacific Railroad, and were on their way to Bolivia to work on the Madeira-Mamoré Railroad which was designed to connect northern...
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    type locality of Drymaeus branneri is above Porto Velho along the Madeira-Mamoré railroad (= ca. 260 km South-West of Porto Velho), Rondônia, Brazil. Brazil...
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    decades later and refurbished; it now sits on static display at the Madeira-Mamoré Railroad Museum in Porto Velho. The story of Coronel Church was the inspiration...
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    territory from Bolivia, Brazil would pay for the construction of the Madeira-Mamoré Railroad. Between 1907 and 1912 the project claimed thousands of lives from...
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    Braga, is performed for the first time. 1907 Construction of the Madeira-Mamoré Railroad begins, linking the cities of Porto Velho and Guajará-Mirim. 24...
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  • had recently travelled through the Putumayo on the way to the Madeira-Mamoré Railroad construction project. Hardenburg was previously arrested by the...
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    sterling, ceded some land in Mato Grosso and undertook to build the Madeira-Mamoré Railroad to allow export of Bolivian products via the Amazon River. Plácido...
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    Paraná The club was founded on July 10, 1943, by employees of Madeira-Mamoré Railroad. Ferroviário won the Campeonato Rondoniense in 1946, 1947, 1948...
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    reaching 16,405 feet (5,000 m) at Houlgate, near Trouville. The Madeira-Mamoré Railroad was completed after five years of construction, under the direction...
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    shipyard, Barrow-in-Furness, UK. date unknown Construction of the Madeira-Mamoré Railroad begins, linking the cities of Porto Velho and Guajará-Mirim. The...
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