This article presents considerations about the historiography related to the Pereira Passos reforms and the works of the port of Rio de Janeiro. Initially, it presents the studies that focused on the Brazilian port cities from the second half of the nineteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth century. In the fundamental argumentation, we criticize the revisionism present in the most recent works on the subject.
Keywords:
Historiography; port cities; Rio de Janeiro
Source (in contos de réis): BRASIL. Ministério da Agricultura, Indústria e Comércio. Diretoria do Serviço de Estatística. Finanças: Quadro Sinótico da Receita e Despesa do Brasil (período de 1822 a 1913). Rio de Janeiro: Tipografia do Ministério da Agricultura, 1914.
| NEW PORT INFRASTRUCTURE | PROJECT - COMPLETION | ADDITIONAL INFORMATION |
|---|---|---|
| Customs Dock | 1852-1877 | Loading, unloading, storage and wharfage services in Rio’s Customs.Conceded to a company refered by André Rebouças, in 1989, composed of a selection of wealthy traders (Mariano Procópio Ferreira Lage among them), incorporated to Rio’s Customs Dock Company at a capital of 2.000:000$0000. The company was shut down in 1871 and the services and construction works were back again under the division’s jurisdiction. |
| Trade Dock | 1865-1868 | A metal-mechanic shipyard and first dry dock in the country of large capacity, property of Wilson Sons and a joint-stock at around 1.200 contos de réis; |
| Dom Pedro II Docks | 1869-1877 | Projected by André Rebouças with approximately 2600 meters worth of docks, had only 260 meters and 6 meters of draught come to fruition; it ensured English capital in the project, amounting to 1 million pounds that did not go through. It got incorporated at a capital of 6.000:000$000. |
| Health Dock | 1875-1881 | Property of Englishmen William Finnie Kemp and Stanley Youle. Shipyard of 140 meters worth of mooring docks and 6 meters of draught; |
| Gamboa’s Maritime Station | 1876-1881 | Project by Francisco Pereira Passos as head of EFDPII, it had the best infrastructure of its time (rail connected, 300-meter-long breakwater and 8 meters of draught at its deepest), accounting for all flow of coffee in the port back then. |
| Fluminense Grinding Mill | 1883-1887 | Under Carlos Gianelli’s and Brazilian Francisco de Paula Mayrink’s ownership, it had the capacity to grind 120 tons of wheat daily. It was incorporated at a capital value of 1.000:000$000 and it also had a pier. |
| English Grinding Mill | 1886-1889 | Large mill used for the making of flour for Rio Flour Mills &Granaries Company, it had a 145-meter dock at its disposal and a breakwater of metal structure in the shape of a T, in addition to up to 6.5 meters of draught, with a lifting device for the unloading of wheat and a transportation setup with moving treadmills leading to the silos where wheat was stashed. It got incorporated at a capital value of 250,000 pounds. |
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Source: ALMANAK ADMINISTRATIVO, MERCANTIL E INDUSTRIAL DA CORTE E PROVÍNCIA DO RIO DE JANEIRO (Almanaque Laemmert). Rio de Janeiro: Tipografia Laemmert, 1844-1940 (annual).