Barbacoas

Barbacoas y Parilladas: Barbecuing and Grilling, Mexican Style - Barbecuing and grilling are two very different cooking techniques in Mexico.

The Mexican Kitchen, A Taste For All Seasons 2006

Barbacoas y Parilladas: Barbecuing and Grilling, Mexican Style - Barbecuing and grilling are two very different cooking techniques in Mexico.

The Mexican Kitchen, A Taste For All Seasons 2006

They had arrived at Barbacoas, an Indian word meaning “bridge,” the point where the railroad crossed the Chagres.

The Path Between the Seas DAVID McCULLOUGH. 2005

The situation at Barbacoas should have been the clearest possible warning to de Lesseps and the others.

The Path Between the Seas DAVID McCULLOUGH. 2005

There were to be machine shops at Bohío Soldado, labor camps at San Pablo just beyond Barbacoas and at Matachín.

The Path Between the Seas DAVID McCULLOUGH. 2005

Only, at the moment, the bridge at Barbacoas was out of service.

The Path Between the Seas DAVID McCULLOUGH. 2005

Marine guards in white sun helmets were posted at the Barbacoas bridge and at Matachin, but nothing more happened along the line.

The Path Between the Seas DAVID McCULLOUGH. 2005

To confine the Chagres, a tremendous earth dam, one of the largest ever built, possibly 48 meters 157½ feet high, was to be stretched across the river valley at Gamboa, several miles above the Barbacoas bridge.

The Path Between the Seas DAVID McCULLOUGH. 2005

There were to be machine shops at Bohío Soldado, labor camps at San Pablo just beyond Barbacoas and at Matachín.

The Path Between the Seas DAVID McCULLOUGH. 2005

With all stops en route, the delay at Barbacoas, the trip had lasted six hours.

The Path Between the Seas DAVID McCULLOUGH. 2005