Ewarton is a

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in the

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of Saint Catherine,

Jamaica Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At , it is the third-largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola—of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean. Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, west of Hispaniola (the is ...

History

The name is most likely a compound of the surname "Ewart" and the suffix -ton, meaning town. The town's economy prospered particularly from 1957 when

ALCAN Alcan was a Canadian mining company and aluminum manufacturer. It was founded in 1902 as the Northern Aluminum Company, renamed Aluminum Company of Canada in 1925, and Alcan Aluminum in 1966. It took the name Alcan Incorporated in 2001. During ...

established a

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plant nearby. The plant was later transferred to WINDALCO and was closed in early 2009 due to a fall in demand for aluminium as a result of the

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Amenities

Caldo Tours

Schools

*Ewarton High *Ewarton Primary *Polly Ground PrimaryList of schools in Jamaica *Orangefield Primary

Churches

There are ten churches: *

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Baptist Baptists are a Christian denomination, denomination within Protestant Christianity distinguished by baptizing only professing Christian believers (believer's baptism) and doing so by complete Immersion baptism, immersion. Baptist churches ge ...

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* Church of God of Prophecy *

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* Gospel Lighthouse *

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(St. Catherine of Sienna)

Other

There is a police station,Ewarton Police Station
, Jamaica Constabulary Force Website. a market which was recently reopened following a three-year closure for refurbishment, and a post office. There is no library, but a Bookmobile visits regularly.

Transport

Road

Ewarton is on the

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(

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- Lucea), which climbs up from

Spanish Town Spanish Town (Jamaican Patois: Spain) is the capital and the largest town in the Parishes of Jamaica, parish of St. Catherine, Jamaica, St. Catherine in the historic county of Middlesex, Jamaica, Middlesex, Jamaica. It was the Spanish and Briti ...

and

Bog Walk Bog Walk is a town in the parish of Saint Catherine, Jamaica. In 1898 work started on a hydroelectric power plant on the Rio Cobre near Bog Walk. The plant (1,500 H.P.) was completed the next year and used to power Kingston Kingston may ref ...

in the south, enters the town from the south east, passes through the town's central square and continues north towards

Moneague Moneague is a small town in Saint Ann, Jamaica on the main road between Kingston and Ocho Rios Ocho Rios (Spanish for "Eight Rivers") () is a town in the parish of Saint Ann on the north coast of Jamaica, and is more widely referred ...

and

Saint Ann's Bay Saint Ann's Bay () is a settlement in Jamaica, the capital of Saint Ann Parish. It had a population of 10,961 at the 1991 census. Musicians Floyd Lloyd and Burning Spear, and Hero of Jamaica Marcus Garvey were born in the town. History When ...

.UK Directorate of Overseas Surveys 1:50,000 map of Jamaica sheet G, 1973. The central square is also the town's transport hub from which ply taxis and buses.

Rail

From 1885 to 1947 Ewarton railway station was the terminus of a 14-mile railway branch line from

. In 1947 the section of the line from

Linstead Linstead is a town in the parish of St. Catherine, Jamaica, in the West Indies. In 2011 its population was 15,231. It is located NNW of Spanish Town. Description Close to Ewarton and Windalco Ewarton works, a large aluminum plant employ ...

to Ewarton was deemed unprofitable and closed.

References

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Ewarton, Saint Catherine, Jamaica
{{Settlements in Jamaica Populated places in Saint Catherine Parish