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Sao Tome Taxis through time

São Tomé 1912–2015 2 photos of this spot

2 photographs taken at the same spot in São Tomé, spanning 1912–2015 — 1 of them from before 1980. Line them up and watch the place change.

A narrow-gauge railway on the island of São Tomé, photographed in 1912. Such lines were built across the roças, or plantation estates, to move cocoa and other export crops from the fields to the ports during the Portuguese colonial era.

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Săo Tomè narrow gauge 1912 A narrow-gauge railway on the island of São Tomé, photographed in 1912. Such lines were built across the roças, or plantation estates, to move cocoa and other export crops from the fields to the ports during the Portuguese colonial era.

Sao Tome Taxis 2015 Shared taxis line a street in São Tomé, a common form of local transport across the small island capital where cars remain the primary means of getting around.