Timoteo Luberza
Puerto Rican engineer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Timoteo Luberza[1] de San Martín (ca. 1820 - ca. 1895) was a nineteenth-century Puerto Rican engineer from Ponce, Puerto Rico. He was responsible for the 1875 Ponce water supply system, including the dam in Rio Portugues, and the Calle del Agua masonry arch aqueduct in barrio Portugues Urbano in Ponce.[2] In 1864, he served briefly as mayor of the nearby town of Yauco.[3] He is best remembered for designing Plaza del Mercado de Ponce.[4]
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Luberza and the second or maternal family name is de San Martin.
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Timoteo Luberza de San Martín | |
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Born | c. 1820 |
Died | c. 1895 |
Nationality | Puerto Rican |
Known for | Civil Engineering, Architecture |
Notable work | Plaza del Mercado de Ponce, Aqueducts, Bridges, Roads, various other buildings. |
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