Bonaire old town site or old saltworks by Red Slave?

Please register or login

Welcome to ScubaBoard, the world's largest scuba diving community. Registration is not required to read the forums, but we encourage you to join. Joining has its benefits and enables you to participate in the discussions.

Benefits of registering include

  • Ability to post and comment on topics and discussions.
  • A Free photo gallery to share your dive photos with the world.
  • You can make this box go away

Joining is quick and easy. Log in or Register now!

gert7to3

gert7to3

Contributor
Messages
1,169
Reaction score
121
Location
Northwest Michigan now, formerly Chicago
# of dives
200 - 499
I was just google earthing (verb?) Bonaire and noticed there was what appears to be a street grid submerged in the evaporating pond opposite Red Slave. Is this an old townsite, fort or salt works? My impression was that the Rincon was located for defense purposes as well as to catch the cooler air. That always seemed odd because it's so inconvenient. The other notion was that the laborers were isolated up there to keep them in check. History can be unpleasant at times.
 
I believe those are just working/access roads and dikes/irrigation channels for the saltworks.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
https://www.shearwater.com/products/perdix-ai/

Back
Top Bottom