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The federally designated Georgetown-Silver Plume National Historic District comprises Georgetown, the neighboring town of Silver Plume, and the Georgetown Loop Historic Mining & Railroad Park between the two towns.
Even though the trains are not the original steam powered versions (I think they're diesel-electric), I felt the picture needed some smoke so I waited until it was moving up hill.
21 March 2024, Georgetown, Guyana - FAO Director-General QU Dongyu during his visit to the FAO Guyana office, led by Gillian Smith, FAO Representative in the country.
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March 18, 2024. Georgetown, Guyana.
Qu Dongyu, Director General of FAO; Zulfikar Mustapha, Minister of Agriculture of Guyana; Mario Lubetkin, FAO's assistant director-general, and regional representative; Maximo Torero, FAO's chief economist; Gillian Smith, FAO' representative in Guyana and other authorities, visited the facilities of the Arthur Chang Conference Center at Georgetown Guyana previous to the kick-off of the 38 Regional Conference of FAO for Latin America and the Caribbean
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March 18, 2024. Georgetown, Guyana.
Qu Dongyu, Director General of FAO; Zulfikar Mustapha, Minister of Agriculture of Guyana; Mario Lubetkin, FAO's assistant director-general, and regional representative; Maximo Torero, FAO's chief economist; Gillian Smith, FAO' representative in Guyana and other authorities, visited the facilities of the Arthur Chang Conference Center at Georgetown Guyana previous to the kick-off of the 38 Regional Conference of FAO for Latin America and the Caribbean
Photos: ©️FAO/Asafo Jones
Ships and boats have loaded and unloaded cargo at the Sampit River near Front Street since the founding of Georgetown, ca. 1729. In 1732 Georgetown became an official port of entry, shipping naval stores rice, indigo, pork and animal skins. In the mid-19th century, Georgetown was the principal rice-growing area of the U.S. and exported quantities of rice, as well as lumber and cotton.
Brig. Gen. Francis Marion spent his early life near Georgetown and it is for him that this park is named. During the American Revolution, Marion marched his forces to Georgetown, drove the British out, and occupied the town May 28, 1781. In August 1781, much of the town was burned during a raid by the British privateer Manson. Toward the end of the Revolution, Georgetown became a valuable supply port for the American Army in the South.
20 March 2024, Georgetown, Guyana - FAO Director-General QU Dongyu, during a bilateral meeting with Jorge Luis Tapia Fonseca, Vice Prime Minister of the Republic of Cuba, during the 38th Regional Conference of FAO for Latin America and the Caribbean.
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