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Introduction
Introduction
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Water supply and consumption
Map made by Carlos Clavijo in 1891 and revised by Rafael Álvarez Salas in 1894. By this time, the city of Bogotá was divided into five police quarters and eight ecclesiastical districts called parroquias, which are shaded in different colors on the map. The map identifies the main squares and parks of the city, the government buildings, the educational and cultural institutions, and the Catholic churches, as well as a number of banks, factories, brickworks, hotels, and restaurants. The rivers and streams that descend from the mountains of Monserrate and Guadalupe run through the city, shaping the streets and blocks. Near the San Bruno Rivulet, tributary of the San Francisco River, are the water storage tanks of the Egipto neighborhood, used since the late nineteenth century to store water for the municipal aqueduct service. Northeast of the city, in the foothills of Monserrate, are the Baños de la Tuerta Chepa, an example of what once were public bathhouses.
Map made by Carlos Clavijo in 1891 and revised by Rafael Álvarez Salas in 1894. By this time, the city of Bogotá was divided into five police quarters and eight ecclesiastical districts called parroquias, which are shaded in different colors on the map. The map identifies the main squares and parks of the city, the government buildings, the educational and cultural institutions, and the Catholic churches, as well as a number of banks, factories, brickworks, hotels, and restaurants. The rivers and streams that descend from the mountains of Monserrate and Guadalupe run through the city, shaping the streets and blocks. Near the San Bruno Rivulet, tributary of the San Francisco River, are the water storage tanks of the Egipto neighborhood, used since the late nineteenth century to store water for the municipal aqueduct service. Northeast of the city, in the foothills of Monserrate, are the Baños de la Tuerta Chepa, an example of what once were public bathhouses.
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Female laundry workers
“Máquinas de lavar ropa: Camacho Roldán & Tamayo”, El Nuevo Tiempo, January 20, 1905, 1.
“Máquinas de lavar ropa: Camacho Roldán & Tamayo”, El Nuevo Tiempo, January 20, 1905, 1.
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Bathrooms and personal hygiene
Bathrooms and personal hygiene
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Further reading
Further reading
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Gumersindo Cuéllar Jiménez, Paisaje del río Bogotá (Colombia, S. A.)
Gumersindo Cuéllar Jiménez, Paisaje del río Bogotá (Colombia, S. A.)
Floods caused by waterways such as the Bogotá and Tunjuelo rivers happen almost every rainy season. This image shows the effects of regular overflows of the Bogotá River on farms located in the Bogotá Savanna, west of the city.
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Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
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The City's Currents: A History of Water in 20th-Century Bogotá
This exhibition explores the role of water in the struggle of Colombia’s capital to become a modern city. For Bogotá, complying with the standards of sanitary reformers and the governing elite was a social, technological, and environmental control endeavor. The exhibition examines everyday and gendered experiences of water, such as washing clothes or bathing, as well as urban infrastructural interventions including the domestication of rivers for water supply and wastewater disposal systems.
Stefania Gallini, Laura Felacio, Angélica Agredo, and Stephanie GarcésAbout the author
