Fernando Heydrich
Fernando Heydrich Klein (26 January 1827 – April 1, 1903) was a German businessman, politician, engineer and sculptor who lived in Matanzas, Cuba. Builder of the Aqueduct of Matanzas, he was politically engaged, playing a significant role during the Ten Years' War in Cuba.
Married to Maria-Candelaria Martínez y Valdez, he was father of American Consul
Aqueduct of Matanzas
In 1845, Manuel del Portillo successfully initiated the idea of an aqueduct for the supply of drinking water to Matanzas. Francis Albear y Lara, the engineer and chief, also encountered resistance. When Juan F. Sanchez and Bárcena also failed in a similar project, Fernando Heydrich proposed his own project together with G. Fabra and Cabanillas and his company, Heydrich & Cie, and received the order in 1870 to build a water channel from the springs of Manantial Bello y Benavides to Matanzas. They exploited the aqueduct til 1912.[1] It still stands as a landmark of the city and was chosen as a monument of the nation in 2005.[2]
Industry
Heydrich was one of the first producers of Sisal on the island. With his son Alfredo and his company Heydrich and Raffoler & Cie, he requested the patent, which he finally got after a long dispute and thus began a new kind of production in Cuba.[3]
Politics
During the
References
- ^ supremo, Cuba Tribunal (1910). Jurisprudencia del Tribunal Supremo (in Spanish).
- ^ "... Cultura cubana (La provincia de Matanzas y su evolución) ." archive.org. Retrieved 2017-09-08.
- ISBN 9788400090081.
- ^ Zeuske, Michael. "Deutsche Eliten in Lateinamerika (19. Jahrhundert). Regionen, Typen, Netzwerke und paradigmatische Lebensgeschichten". Denzel, Markus A.(ed.), Deutsche Eliten in Übersee (16. Bis Frühes 20. Jahrhundert). Büdinger Forschungen zur Sozialgeschichte 2004 und 2005, St. Katharinen: SCRIPTA MERCATURAE VERLAG, 2006 (Deutsche Führungsschichten in der Neuzeit; Band 27), Pp. 173-206.: 17/18.
- ISBN 9783825863067.