Photos of the Palico Bridge, Nasugbu [October 1915, BPW Quarterly Bulletin] - Batangas History, Culture and Folklore Photos of the Palico Bridge, Nasugbu [October 1915, BPW Quarterly Bulletin] - Batangas History, Culture and Folklore

Photos of the Palico Bridge, Nasugbu [October 1915, BPW Quarterly Bulletin]

Batangas History
26 Dec, 2017

These photographs are part of a series showing mostly construction projects undertaken by the Bureau of Public Works during the American colonial era. All photographs have been digitally extracted from the Quarterly Bulletins of the bureau and processed using graphics editing software to improve quality. It goes without saying that the eventual output of each extract was always going to be dependent on the quality of the original scan.

By the year 1916, the American colonial government in the Philippines was well into the execution of various infrastructure projects aimed at improving the standard of living in the country as well as stimulating economic activity and growth. These infrastructures included the construction of rail and road networks, including bridges; public government buildings and facilities such as municipal halls, jails and schools; water supply systems and many others.

The execution of these infrastructure projects fell on the shoulders of the Bureau of Public Works. In its April 1917 Quarterly Bulletin1, the bureau reported the construction of the Palico Bridge, an important connector part of the Tuy-Nasugbu Road.

About this bridge, the bureau had this to say:

“The Palico Bridge, consisting of two 48-foot steel deck truss approach spans and one 160-foot wooden Howe truss center span, was erected on the Tuy-Nasugbu Road. Both piers and abutments are of plain concrete on wooden pile foundations, the piers being designed to carry a steel bridge which will eventually replace the present wooden superstructure when steel prices again became normal. The bridge cost complate ₱59.600.”

Below are two photos of the Palico Bridge in 1917.

Palico Bridge Nasugbu Batangas 1917
Approach to the Palico Bridge in Nasugbu.  Image digitally extracted from the April 1917 edition of the Bureau of Public Works Quarterly Bulletin.
Palico Bridge Nasugbu Batangas 1917
The Palico Bridge seen from the riverbank. Image digitally extracted from the April 1917 edition of the Bureau of Public Works Quarterly Bulletin.
Notes and references:
1 “Bureau of Public Works Quarterly Bulletin, Volume 6 No. 1,” published April 1917 in Manila by the Bureau of Public Works.
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