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Post by batteryboy on Jun 10, 2009 22:21:06 GMT 8
In 1931, as part of the many improvements (non military) of facilites in Fort Mills, Corregidor Island was the creation of the concrete Lavandera Stations. ("Lavandera" - means laundy woman). Four (4) of these stations were built for the four barrios (one each) in the island. The stations will have running water and a drainage and shall be used as the official clothes washing station. This will prevent the women from seeking running water in the ravines. This will also prevent sanitation issues as most of the women take their children along with them. Below is a photo of the lavandera station in Barrio Lourdes FWIW,
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Post by okla on Jun 14, 2009 3:45:25 GMT 8
hey battery....methinks i may have again learned something new. are you saying that there were three other barrios in addition to san jose????i have always been aware of the barrio located between malinta hill and middleside, but the three others slipped by me. could you clue me in, please?
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Post by fots2 on Jun 14, 2009 11:06:43 GMT 8
Hi okla, I have seen other barrios on the maps but did not look in more detail until now. See what an influence you are. San Jose Barrio. Located where you mentioned it was on Bottomside (south side). Lourdes Barrio. It was located north of the Middleside area on the way to James Ravine. That current location is the Corregidor Monkey Research station. San Isidoro Barrio. It was located on Middleside adjacent to the 3 million gallon water water reservoir disguised as a tennis court. San Pablo Barrio. It was located south of Battery Ramsay and up the hill from Government Ravine. Conception Barrio. It was located between the Stockade and Ramsay Ravine. I see individual or small groups of nipa huts on the maps but no barrio name is associated with them. There may be more.
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Post by okla on Jun 14, 2009 23:07:32 GMT 8
hey fots...you came thru again for me with your usual flying colors. i am continually amazed at the new info that constantly pours forth on this website. as we speak my better half is nagging me to get ready to go on some errands. i am headed for divorce court as sure as the sun rises in the east. seriously, i had no idea that civilian (not military dependents) personnel lived anywhere on corregidor other than san jose. this non military concentration was/is well known, but the others scattered all over middleside and near topside is certainly another revelation in the never ending mystique of "the rock". you and the other gurus always deliver the goods for me. again, i thank you.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2009 14:00:43 GMT 8
Mr. Battery Boy,
Again how can you have these kinds of photos in your possesion. Its just amazing what you post here. From guns to lavendera stations. Am speechless.
And Mr. Fots, your replies and answers, not to mention the new photos of Corregidor that you post are awsome.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2009 10:13:12 GMT 8
I thought Corregidor is a barrio. Smaller than a barrio are called sitio. Pardon my unsolicited comment.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2009 13:26:12 GMT 8
Please define sitio and barrio for the benefit of the readers here.
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Post by fots2 on Jun 17, 2009 15:39:33 GMT 8
bulikiti2, you may be correct in that designation but Corregidor maps all refer to these areas as ‘barrios’ so that is what I used. By the way, I misspelled that word in my post above and just corrected it. If you guys ever wonder where we get all this information. It is from excellent detailed maps available here: www.corregidor.org/heritage_battalion/px/px_1.htmlLook for ‘Digital Maps’. The 1932 5ft contour will blow you away. I can zoom in 600% and still have excellent detail.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2009 15:44:06 GMT 8
Thank you Mr. Fots, I wil check it out.
So bulikiti2, we are still waiting for your defenition?
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Post by mgk1951 on Jun 17, 2009 17:10:23 GMT 8
Barrio or not
Corregidor is an island. It is marked on maps and in literature as Corregidor Island. It is in Cavite Province. The other islands in Manila Bay have their own names.
Some of the terms used to describe community have differing meanings in parts of the world that were influenced by Spanish colonization. However:
Barrio or baryo is generally considered a cohesive place, which might share a church, a school or traditions. In the Philippines the term may also simply refer to a rural village.
In the Philippines, a sitio is a territorial enclave that forms part of a barangay however; it may be isolated from the barangay center.
Barangay is a type of early Filipino settlement. The term was derived from balangay, the sailboats that brought Malay settlers to the Philippines. Each boat carried a family group that established a village. The Spanish retained the barangay as a unit of local administration.
On Corregidor Island, Barrio San Jose existed in Spanish times, as its name would suggest. The other Barrios named by fots2 are marked on US maps from 1921 – 1936. Each barrio would have something shared such as the homes of Philippine Scout families.
The use of term barrio is therefore appropriate.
mgk
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