Toro Negro Hydroelectric Plant No. 2 – Toro Negro River PR

State:
PUERTO-RICO

Site Type:
Infrastructure and Utilities, Electricity

New Deal Agencies:
Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration (PRRA), Territories & Reservations

Started:
1936

Completed:
1937

Description

Between 1936-1937, the Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration (PRRA) built the Toro Negro hydroelectric plant no. 2, located at the headwaters of the Toro Negro River.

Source notes

Burrows, Geoff G., "The New Deal in Puerto Rico: Public Works, Public Health, and the Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration, 1935-1955," 2014 dissertation. CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gc_etds/315, pp. 198.

Site originally submitted by Brent McKee on October 22, 2017.

Location Info

Toro Negro River
PR

Coordinates: 18.2286125, -66.49262709999999

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