Timoteo Luberza

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Luberza and the second or maternal family name is de San Martin.
Timoteo Luberza de San Martín
Bornc. 1820
Ponce, Puerto Rico
Diedc. 1895
Ponce, Puerto Rico
NationalityPuerto Rican
Known forCivil Engineering, Architecture
Notable workPlaza del Mercado de Ponce,
Aqueducts,
Bridges,
Roads,
various other buildings.

Timoteo Luberza[1] de San Martín (ca. 1820 - ca. 1895) was a nineteenth-century Puerto Rican engineer from Ponce, Puerto Rico. He was responsible for the 1875 Ponce water supply system, including the dam in Rio Portugues, and the Calle del Agua masonry arch aqueduct in barrio Portugues Urbano in Ponce.[2] In 1864, he served briefly as mayor of the nearby town of Yauco.[3] He is best remembered for designing Plaza del Mercado de Ponce.[4]

  1. ^ Sometimes spelled "Lubelza". See, Eli D. Oquendo-Rodriguez. Pablo L. Crespo-Vargas, editor. A Orillas del Mar Caribe: Boceto historico de la Playa de Ponce - Desde sus primeros habitantes hasta principios del siglo XX. First edition. June, 2017. Editorial Akelarre. Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones del Sur Oeste de Puerto Rico (CEISCO). Lajas, Puerto Rico. Page 58. ISBN 978-1547284931
  2. ^ National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation: Historic Bridges of Puerto Rico, c. 1840-1950. By Luis F. Pumarada O'Neill. National Park Service. July 31, 1994.
  3. ^ Municipalities / Yauco: Mayors. Archived 30 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine Encyclopedia Puerto Rico. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
  4. ^ Plaza del Mercado. Travel Ponce. Retrieved 22 July 2012.