Hi all! I'm not sure if this is the correct place to post my questions, so forgive me if I'm in the wrong place. I'm new here!
I have a couple of questions that I'd like to ask. The first is, can anybody tell me "what" this is?
Also, does anybody have a picture of the Transpeninsular Monument around Los Cabos?
Tia!!bajajudy - 6-13-2011 at 10:29 AM
It is a monument for the "workers"(union) who built the highway.Linda - 6-13-2011 at 10:53 AM
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Originally posted by bajajudy
It is a monument for the "workers"(union) who built the highway.
Thank you so much!!Linda - 6-13-2011 at 03:19 PM
Judy or anyone - is there some kind of plaque or dedication anywhere on this monument? I see some stairs, but the monument looks like it is in the
median between two sections of road. Is there a place to park where people can get out and look at it?Bajahowodd - 6-13-2011 at 04:11 PM
Judy would likely have superior knowledge on this, but I seem to recall that several years ago the monument was defaced and a plaque was removed.DENNIS - 6-13-2011 at 04:55 PM
What it really is, is a concrete logo for the Trans-Americas Clothespin Company which was a Maquiladora setting up in Mexico to take advantage of
cheap labor.
While footings for the huge building were being dug, the company went bankrupt and they took what could be moved and left town.
Perhaps someday they'll return. Linda - 6-13-2011 at 08:15 PM
LOL! It does look like one, doesn't it?
Thank you all for the information.Marc - 6-13-2011 at 09:31 PM
Only four posts and you've already figured out the image posting thing. Pretty good!Bajatripper - 6-13-2011 at 09:46 PM
These monuments are common on highways (usually toll roads) in the interior (Guadalajara-Celaya highway comes to mind).
The most important aspect of them is the word "Solidaridad" (solidarity, community, equal participation).wilderone - 6-14-2011 at 07:40 AM
"Is there a place to park where people can get out and look at it?"
oops - I guess that's why there isn't a monument to the engineers.Linda - 6-14-2011 at 04:00 PM
Actually when I put in the coordinates into google earth and took a peek myself, I do see indeed where there was a place to pull off and park at one
time. However, it looks pretty desolate now.bajajudy - 6-14-2011 at 05:48 PM
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Originally posted by Bajatripper
The most important aspect of them is the word "Solidaridad" (solidarity, community, equal participation).
Yes it used to say that.
I have no idea how to get there but there is a ranchito under the bridge so maybe that would be a way without pulling onto the side of the highway
risking life and limb. I think(?) that it was put there when the first two lane was built not the 4 lane that was built for APEC.tiotomasbcs - 6-14-2011 at 07:54 PM
Solidaridad; on the backs of the poor! The new Carretera on Hwy 19 will have one, no doubt. You can see them working daily under the hot sun for
rice & beans much like in ancient days! These people are happy for the work and proud of their place in taking a chance to improve themselves.
Wish them luck! Tio
