Altos Hornos de Marbella
Altos Hornos de Marbella is a historic industrial area in Andalusia . The first companies in the iron and steel industry in Andalusia were established there. This location on the west coast of the Rio Verde became - due to its proximity to the port and from 1845 the connection to the Spanish railway network - the most important engine for the industrial development of the city of Marbella.
history
The history of Altos Hornos began in the early 18th century after the discovery of iron ore in Ojén . In 1826, the businessman Manuel Agustín Heredia founded the company La Concepción to mine magnetite iron ores in the Sierra Blanca near Ojén.
Due to the availability of iron ore and charcoal in the nearby forests and water from the Río Verde , the first ironworks with a blast furnace was built in Altos Hornos de Marbella in 1832. The charcoal-fired blast furnaces were the first to be built in Spain for non-military purposes. Until 1893 there were two societies: La Concepción by Heredia and El Angel by Juan Giró . The El Angel iron foundry was taken over by the British Marbella Iron Ore Company in 1871 . At that time, the two ironworks produced around 75 percent of all Spanish steel requirements. The steelworks with their demand for ores, labor, machines and tools were an important factor in the industrialization of Spain.
In 1893, steel production in Marbella ended as a result of the Great Depression (1873-1896) . Remnants of the La Concepción blast furnace are listed and are listed in the Patrimonio Inmueble de Andalucía list under Código 01290690069.
literature
- C. García Montoro: Málaga en los comienzos de la industrialización: Manuel Agustín Heredia (1786–1846) , 1978
- José Bernal Gutierrez: Comportamiento demográfico ante la inversión minera foránea. La población de Marbella en los inicios de la Marbella Iron Ore Company and Limited (1866–1874) , Universidad de Granada
Web links
- Altos hornos de la fundición La Concepción on the website Patrimonio Inmueble de Andalucía