Pombal nos caminhos de ferro: história, memória e patrimônio ferroviário na Paraíba (1932-2001).

Abstract

This work analyze the course o f railway station of Pombal, wilderness of Paraiba, in the temporal cutting which extends from 1932, when the installation happened of railway stretch that linking Ceara and Pombal, to 2001, year that occurred the tumbling o f the train station. We aim to understand how the preservation of this monument can contribute to maintenance of the local identity and from Paraiba one. To achieve our goals, we divided the research in stages articulated by means o f historiography production, o f the study of bibliographical texts and articles that enabled a dialogue around the theme Cultural Heritage. We also analyze pictures, newspapers and process o f tumbling from the train station o f Pombal. Then, this monograph considers that in the not distant past the Railway Station was essential in urban changes and new behavior practices of a society, because the train was considered a modern material acquisition. Subsequently, the Railway Station was instituted as a place capable to consolidate a social memory.