La Hispana de Barcelona (1852), una fábrica de ladrillos innovadora

Autors/ores

  • Jesús Sánchez Miñana

Resum

The origins of ancient La Hispana brickworks in Barcelona are described as well as some developments that took place during its first years of successful operation. Military engineer Ambrosio Garcés de Marcilla designed the factory on the basis of an English machine that he saw at the 1851 London universal exhibition, intended to mould the newly introduced hollow bricks as well as other more traditional building materials. He was also the promoter and main partner of the company established in 1852 and later provided the factory with another machine that he claimed to have invented to mould solid bricks by compressing the clay soil directly instead of the mud made with it. La Hispana produced the first hollow bricks used in Barcelona and very likely in Spain.

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Publicat

2008-11-24

Número

Secció

Història de la tecnologia i de les xarxes tecnològiques