Raimundo Teixeira Belfort Roxo, better known as Belfort Roxo (

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, 11 September 1838 —

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, 17 November 1896), was a Brazilian engineer. He was the son of José Rodrigues Roxo and Maria Rita Teixeira Vieira Belfort. Belfort Roxo was General Inspector of Works of Rio de Janeiro. Along with fellow engineer

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, Belfort Roxo solved the problem of

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suffered by the people of

in 1889.História
/ref> Belfort Roxo expanded the modernization of the port of Sao Luis, Maranhao, and oversaw the construction of the Minas Gerais - Rio de Janeiro Railroad. He was also the director of the Inspector General of Public Works of Rio de Janeiro.

Education

Belfort Roxo earned a Bachelor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences degree at the Central School of Rio de Janeiro, later called the Polytechnic School of Rio de Janeiro. Along with Paulo de Frontin and Pereira Passos, he was sent by D. Pedro II in Europe, to study there. He graduated from the Institute of Civil Engineers in

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and the School of Bridges and Sidewalks in

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Tributes

In 1888 the region of

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suffered a major

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. The city instituted a plan contrived by Paulo de Frontin and Belfort Roxo that involved the transportation of 15 million liters of water to the city of Corte over the course of 6 days. At some point after his death and in tribute for his services in alleviating the drought, his name was given to a sugar plantation around which Nova Iguacu later grew and enveloped. On January 1, 1993, the city of

Belford Roxo Belford Roxo () is a city in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is a part of the metropolitan region of the city of Rio de Janeiro and was created in 1990. Its population was 513,118 in 2020 and its area is 79 km². Belford Roxo is one o ...

was created out of

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. In the Copacabana neighborhood of

, Belfort Roxo's name was also given to a street.

References

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