Showing posts with label Local History - Silang. Show all posts
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Thursday, June 26, 2008

A PHILIPPINE NATURAL BRIDGE

The Philippine journal of science. [Vol. 7, no. A] -1912


In July of 1910, while making a geological reconnaissance in the vicinity of Silang, Cavite Province, P. I., the writer discovered a natural bridge of unusual size, and owing to its remoteness it is probable that the place had not previously been visited by white men. It is noteworthy that this is the first large natural bridge reported in the Philippines, although it is likely that future explorers will find others, especially in the great bedded tuff area lying between Manila and the Gulf of Tayabas where the rock is favorable for their formation. The bridge is on the Lucsuhim stream about 3 kilometers west of the barrio of Silang...

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