Identifier: pocketguidetowes00aspi (find matches)
Title: The pocket guide to the West Indies, British Guiana, British Honduras, the Bermudas, the Spanish Main, and the Panama canal
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Aspinall, Algernon E. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Chicago, New York, Rand, McNally & company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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slightest so far as visitors are concerned—St.Vincent, Abercromby and Chacon Streets, and Broadway,which all run parallel to each other, lead to MarineSquare, really more a spacious boulevard than a square inthe proper sense of the term. It was established by SirRalph Woodford on land reclaimed from the Gulf, and ex-tends from St. Vincent Wharf at the west to the RomanCatholic Cathedral at the east. The Roman Catholic Cathe-dral (the Church of the Immaculate Conception) is a Gothicbuilding situated in Marine Square. Like the AnglicanCathedral, it was designed by Mr. Reinagle and erectedat the instance of Sir Ralph Woodford, in memory of whomit contains a mural tablet by Chantrey. The foundation-stone was laid on March 26, 1816, but the Cathedral wasnot opened until April 15 (Palm Sunday), 1832. The Colonial Bank and the Royal Bank of Canadaare both in Marine Square, the latter occupying a buildingat the corner of Broadway (see next page). In Columbus Square to the east of the Roman
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