Completion of The Project
Francisco de Albear, infected with malaria, was not able to oversee the last part of the project. He died on October 22, 1887 without seeing its completion. The work was continued under the supervision of Joaquín Ruiz, colonel of the Corps of Engineers who had assisted de Albear.
The construction of the last part was contracted with an American company and coordinated by E. Sherman Gould, work started on January 31st, 1890. E. Sherman Gould – The New Water-Works of Havana City, American Society of Civil Engineers, Transactions, No 790, December 1896.
The project was inaugurated on January 22, 1893, 45 years after its commencement.
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