A ferrovia em Gravatá : história, memória e preservação de (1894-2000)

Abstract

The history of the train on rails that passed through the city of Gravatá from 1894 until the 2000s is in the memories, experiences and past experiences of those who have already taken the train passing through stations in neighboring cities of Gravatá located in the Agreste of Pernambucano. Both the stations, the tracks and the train were developed and built by the British Company: The Great Western Railway Company, created in 1835. The trains left Recife to reach Salgueiro in the hinterland, traveling between the cities: Vitória, Pombos, Gravatá , Calves, Caruaru and Salgueiro. However, the railway structure was deactivated. Thus, the train is gone, but the memories and stories of the citizens of Gravataense are not. For this reason, the aim and objective of this work is to shed light on the memories and stories lived by these citizens so that their memories of the railway as a builder of identity and local history can be preserved. In this way, the construction of this work will take place through oral history using the interview method as a producer of oral sources from those interviewed in the city of Gravatá and also through bibliographic sources.