The water as an engine in the industry: history and technology. The example of La Alianza of Puente Genil (Cordova, Spain)

Authors

  • Manuel DELGADO TORRES Ayuntamiento de Puente Genil
  • Juan M. CANO SANCHIZ Universidad de Córdoba

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21071/aac.v0i0.6462

Keywords:

Watermills, industrial archaeology, Puente Genil, flour mills, hydroelectric power plants.

Abstract

La Alianza industrial complex is situated in the very historic centre of Puente Genil (Cordoba, Spain), on the left bank of the Genil river. For more than five hundred years it has been a place of technological evolution in relation to the use of water as a power supply, and now, since the Town Council has purchased it, it is the centre of a program of recovery, which will enhance its value. The significance of such a place means that it is well worth an interdisciplinary approach, in which, through the methodology of industrial archaeology, all its aspects receive attention: architecture, engineering, archaeology and the culture of water combine in this preliminary and summarized historical review.

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Published

2011-12-01

How to Cite

DELGADO TORRES, M., & CANO SANCHIZ, J. M. (2011). The water as an engine in the industry: history and technology. The example of La Alianza of Puente Genil (Cordova, Spain). Anales De Arquelogía Cordobesa, 253–278. https://doi.org/10.21071/aac.v0i0.6462

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