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Plaque commemorating the inauguration of the canals Arias, La Seina and Arana for navigation, 1913
Plaque commemorating the inauguration of the canals Arias La Seina and Arana for navigation, 1913. Plaque with curved top. Obverse: A three-quarter-length female figure (Argentina) gathering peaches from a tree, spreading overhead in an orchard on the bank of a river; a passenger and cargo ship under steam (left), the opposite shore in distance. Reverse: The arms of Argentina wreathed above, filigrees on either side; inscription, spray of laurel (left) and (right) where mention of the canals for thirty kilometres in the delta of the River Plate and the names of the officials. Inscription: '30 . MAYO . 1913 INAUGURACIÓN . DE . LOS . CANALES "GOBERNADOR . ARIAS" "GOBERNADOR . DE . LA . SERNA" Y "GOBERNADOR . ARANA" EXTENSION . 30 . KILOMETROS . CONSTRUIDOS . EN . EL . DELTA PARA . NAVEGACION . Y . DRENAJE POR . LA . PROVINCIA . DE . BUENOS . AIRES 1911 . Á . 1913 GUBERNADOR DN . EDUARDO . ARANA MINISTRO . DE . OBRAS . PUBLICAS DR . JOSE . TOMAS . SOJO.'
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC2628 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Plaque |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Juan Gottuzzo & Ca |
| Events: | La Seina Canal, inauguration of, 1913; Arias Canal, inauguration of, 1913 Arana Canal, inauguration of the, 1913 |
| Date made: | 1913 |
| People: | Juan Gottuzzo & Ca |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 49 x 64 mm |