I chanced upon this old aerial photo of pre-war Cagayan de Oro posted by Elson Elizaga at facebook. This interests me as this is perhaps one of the oldest aerial (with the camera shot almost perpendicular to the city).
The photo shown below is actually taken from Xavier University’s Museo de Oro. You may notice that the Ysalina (Carmen) Bridge is not yet completed. Lots of open spaces and agricultural lands back then.
I took note of the notable road network on the above photo and as shown below these major roads marked red are still existing today. The road bend on the left of the picture is actually the current junction of Puntod-Kauswagan Bridge today. The road bend at the bottom (Carmen side) is the Calamansi Drive (near SSS) today.
I further made labels on the roads and some existing landmark for easy understanding….such as XU, St. Augustine Cathedral and SSS in Carmen area. What puzzles me is the “bridge” which I circled green. Is this an old walk bridge? Perhaps somebody could clarify. The Isla de Oro back then is still a sandbar…
I then superimposed a Google-Earth shot of the city of the same angle and location…close enough. Note the difference. The river width at Carmen Bridge is narrower. In the old photo above, you can probably notice the delineation of an area starting from just below Julio Pacana and extends further to the right. I think a creek marks its boundary. In the photo below, this area is Consolacion and some portions of Abellanosa towards Isla de Oro.
very impressive damarre!
Impressive indeed!
that bridge you are refering to in the old photo sits on what is today yacapin st., note the big square field above the “Don A. Velez St.”? its the city central-pelaez sports center area
this old bridge connects yacapin st. to lirio st. in carmen
Yes, very impressive detective work. The mystery bridge may connect the present JR Borja St. judging from the number of streets it is from the Gaerlan St. The two streets that are close together borders the Divisoria Plaza.
@Damarre, are you a member of the Facebook Group- Kagay-an Kaniadto? You may post it and have old-timers & researchers post their observations. My brother-in-law’s grandfather recalled that there was only a wooden walk bridge back then and if you have cargos, you have to cross the river by boat.
Sorry, not JR Borja but Yacapin (most likely) because there are 8 parallel streets between Gaerlan (Carmen Bridge) to Yacapin. And then there are 5 parallel streets going to Marcos Bridge. Just an observation.
i already posted it….
Thanks!
Very Nice!
two thumbs up!
isla de oro at the time was still a sand bar? didnt emano say that isla de oro already had residents before the war?
i could be wrong. but if im not. emano yet again, lied to us. what a scumbag.
Hahah, na sakspan diay..
Did you ask Elson Elizaga about this photo? Because he already explained this in a Facebook group.
Para nako, walaon nani sa mapa ang isla de oro aron mabalik sa daan ang kaluag sa cdo river
We were talking about this old picture sa office, so I opened this page again. I noticed that at the bottom right of the picture, near the word Oro, there looks like an airfield. It is in the approximate location of the airfield in Patag. Is this the airfield of the Philippine Auxiliary Tactical Air Group (P.A.T.A.G.) ?