Spanish Industrial Heritage
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Know and listen to the Asturian Industrial Heritage (Spain). See the current state of a heritage site and learn about its history and key events.
Asturias, Spain.
Joined August 2019
⛏Do you know what year the Campueta Mining Complex in Agüeria (Aller) is dated? The date, of this exploitation of the Sociedad Industrial Asturiana, is carved in its ashlar mouth. We tell you more in the link 👇
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⛏Did you know that the function of the Vegapallía Mine (Viñón, Cabranes) is to raise the extraction machinery that served the flat well? We tell you more about this enclave on our website ⬇️⬇️
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🗣 In today's oral memory, Miguel Ángel Barbón del Pozo Sotón talks to us about what a rock is. Listen to his testimony to find out more about this word from the mine. 👇
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🗣Do you know what a firebox is? Today we bring you the testimony of Jose Manuel Arbesú (engine driver of FC Santa Ana) who tells us the meaning of the word in this oral memory of the railway. 👀⬇️
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The water reservoir in Villapendi, Turón, was designed in 1930 following the Oviedo model established by the municipal engineer Ildefonso Sánchez del Río. We tell you the story of this space on our website ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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🚂Do you know in which year the HT 120 locomotive, which was in operation for 45 years, was commissioned? This locomotive was designed to serve the line that linked the La Cuadriella washhouse with the Reicastro siding. 👀👇
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🏘 The inauguration of the Narcea Thermal Power Station in 1965 meant a profound transformation of the parish of Soto de la Barca, in Tineo... and the arrival of its workers made it necessary to build a village to house them. Its history 👇
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Do you know until what year the Santo Tomás mining group in Turón (Mieres) was active? The shaft belonged to Sociedad Hulleras del Turón until 1968 when it was integrated into HUNOSA. 👀👇
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🗣Do you know what a DREAMBOY is? The explanation of this word from the mine is given to us by José Etelvino Álvarez, laundry watchman of Modesta-Carrocera, in our oral memory today. Listen to it in this link 👇👇
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🗣 Today we bring you the testimony of José Alberto Ramos, RENFE ticket office clerk, who explains what the HUGIN Ticket Machine was and how it was used. Listen to this oral memory of the railway in the link 👇
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🏘 Do you know in which year Juan Rovira, proxy of the company and engineer of Sociedad Hullera Española, requested a licence for the construction of a residential building for employees, in Santa Cruz, from the town council of Mieres? 👀👇
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🏭 Do you know in which year the Maribona Tanning Factory in Avilés was put into operation? The tanning production process was carried out there, based on the use of chrome, and since 1995 it has been operating as a business centre. Discover its history
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⚡The rolling electrical substation at the ENSIDESA factory in Avilés was built due to the colossal dimensions of the plant, which made it necessary to install this type of construction at key points of energy consumption. Its history ⬇️
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⛏ Who was the entrepreneur who founded the company Mina Tres Amigos, S.A. in 1941? We give you the answer and we tell you part of the history of the Tres Amigos Mine in the link 👇👇👇
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🗣One of the trades in the mine was MULE DRIVER and today we explain this trade with the help of Laudelino Suárez (watchman of the Tres Amigos shaft) and José Ramón Eres (train driver at Mina Llumeres). Listen to it 👇
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🗣Today we talk about the meaning of BURDEN, an industry term explained by Oribe Baragaño, from Duro Felguera. Find out what it is at the link ⬇️
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📚 Do you know where the Hunosa Historical Archive is located? With 100,000 files, 2,000 books, 120,000 plans, 10,000 photographs and 500 videos, it is the most important mining archive in Asturias and one of the largest in Spain and Europe. 👀👇
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🛤 Could you tell us in what year did the branch line of which the Puente de los Gallegos in Sotrondio forms part cease to operate? You can find out the answer and more about this work designed by the engineer Ignacio Fernández de La Somera, in this link
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⚡ At La Riera power plant (Somiedo), in 1946, the installation of the different groups, three in total, using Francis turbines, began. Do you know how much electricity they can generate together annually? The answer ⬇️⬇️
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⛏ Do you know who was the architect responsible for the project of San José Mine, in Turón -Mieres- which was officially inaugurated on 25 September 1957? You can find the answer and the history of this mine in our link 👇👇
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