Luberza was Public Works Inspecting Engineer for Puerto Rico's Western District.[5] Luberza also designed
aqueducts,
bridges,
roads, and various buildings. In 1878, he owned
haciendaRetiro in
Barrio Vayas.[6]
In the early 1860s, Luberza designed Ponce's
Plaza del Mercado Isabel II (Market place).[9] The marketplace opened in 1863 under the mayoral administration of
Luis de Quixano.[10] Its design was a reduced model of the Paris Marketplace.[11]
Bridge Number 173
With a budget of 15,405 Spanish
pesos, he also designed Bridge Number 173 over Río Las Minas in barrio San Idelfonso,
Coamo, Puerto Rico. It was completed in 1862, and rebuilt in 1898 by the US Army Corps of Engineers, after being partly destroyed by the Spanish to keep the American invaders from advancing north towards
San Juan at the
Battle of Asomante. Bridge 173 is 6.7 meters long. It is on the road between
Coamo and
Juana Díaz, at kilometer 30.4 of
PR-14, and it is the only original and still standing bridge on the southern section of the
Carretera Central.[12]
Ponce aqueduct
Luberza designed the Ponce aqueduct system, called "
Acueducto Alfonso XII".[13] It was
4,100 meters (2.5 mi) long.[14] Construction of the aqueduct started on 21 August 1876.[15]
The 1876 cost was $220,000 U.S. dollars. It became operational in that year.[16] It was completed in 1880 and it operated for 48 years—until 1928.[17] At its highest point the aqueduct rose 50 feet high.[18] It was made possible by a generous 54,000 Spanish pesos[19] donation from
Valentin Tricoche, who also left in his will moneys for the construction of a hospital,
Hospital Tricoche.[20]
^Sometimes spelled "Lubelza". See, Eli D. Oquendo-Rodriguez. Pablo L. Crespo-Vargas, editor. A Orillas del Mar Caribe: Boceto historico de la Playa de Ponce - Desde sus primeros habitantes hasta principios del siglo XX. First edition. June, 2017. Editorial Akelarre. Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones del Sur Oeste de Puerto Rico (CEISCO). Lajas, Puerto Rico. Page 58.
ISBN978-1547284931
^Eli D. Oquendo-Rodriguez. Pablo L. Crespo-Vargas, editor. A Orillas del Mar Caribe: Boceto historico de la Playa de Ponce - Desde sus primeros habitantes hasta principios del siglo XX. First edition. June, 2017. Editorial Akelarre. Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones del Sur Oeste de Puerto Rico (CEISCO). Lajas, Puerto Rico. Page 58.
ISBN978-1547284931
^Eli D. Oquendo-Rodriguez. Pablo L. Crespo-Vargas, editor. A Orillas del Mar Caribe: Boceto historico de la Playa de Ponce - Desde sus primeros habitantes hasta principios del siglo XX. First edition. June, 2017. Editorial Akelarre. Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones del Sur Oeste de Puerto Rico (CEISCO). Lajas, Puerto Rico. Page 58.
ISBN978-1547284931
^Las Fiestas Populares de Ponce y La Villa de Ponce. Ramon Marin. 1875. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Imprenta El Vapor. 72 pages. (Reprinted September 1994. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Editorial de la Universidad de Puerto Rico. 281 pages. Page 20.[Socorro Girón. "Ramon Marin y su Tiempo." (foreword)]) Retrieved 23 July 2012.
^Neysa Rodriguez Deynes. Breviario sobre la Historia de Ponce y sus Principales Lugares de Interes. 1st edition. 1991. Page 170. San Juan, PR: Model Offset Printing.
^Neysa Rodriguez Deynes, et al., Brevario sobre la historia de Ponce y sus principales lugares de interes. 1991. Museo de la Historia de Ponce. Secretaria de Arte y Cultura. Government of the Autonomous Municipality of Ponce. Ponce, Puerto Rico. p. 170.