Abstract:La Guaira Harbour Works." By WILLIAbr CHARLES PUNCHARD and JAYES LENNOX HOUSTON, Assoc. MM. INST. C.E. LA GUAIRA, the principal seaport of the Republic of Venezuela, is 23 miles distant by railway from Caracas, the capital, from which it is separated by a high spur of the Andes, and has a population of about 9000. In common with the principal countries of South America, Venezuela became a republic in 1826; and after
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