Try Joan Munt, the chairman of E-FAITH (European Federation of Associations
of Industrial and Technical Heritage). He is living in Barcelona and -
although being Catalan - hes has a lot of contacts all over Spain.
His email-addresses are : [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask]
Adriaan Linters
chairman V.V.I.A. - Flemish Association for Industrial Archaeology
http://www.conservare.be/
At 17:48 16/11/01 +0000, you wrote:
>Try Stuart Smith at the Trevithick Trust - [log in to unmask] - he's
>done some work in Spain.
>
>Rgards
>
>john
>
> > Dear all,
> >
> > Recently I came across a reference to an engine on a lead mine site in the
> > Sierra Almagrera, south-east Spain. I contacted various people in Spain and
> > last week went to have a look at the engine.
> >
> > The engine occupies a remote site and is in an excellent state of
> > preservation. It is a horizontal winding engine mounted on a cast iron
> base.
> > Cylinder about 10 inches diameter. All gearing and lever work intact. Two
> > boilers about 5ft diameter complete with pressure relief valves. Two iron
> > and wood flat rope reels - wood rotten, and a small wooden headgear,
> leaning
> > but complete with winding wheels. Small square stone chimney stack plus
> > collapsed walls of engine house. The engine bears the makers name plate:
> >
> > P. Colson, engineer
> > Reading Ironworks Ltd
> > Constructors
> > England.
> >
> > (The words 'engineer', 'constructors' and England' are in Spanish
> suggesting
> > that it was specifically manufactured for the Spanish market)
> >
> > My gut reaction is that the engine is unique. The Reading Ironworks company
> > was first registered as a limited company in 1864. The Sierra Almagrera
> > Mining Company was working in the area in 1872 but there are also other
> > English companies ( and Spanish and French come to that) that also worked
> > mines in the area. My contacts in Spain realise they have something very
> > special here and would like to know more about the engine and its history.
> >
> > Does anyone know anything about the Reading Ironworks? I suspect the
> company
> > may be more famous for locomotives or agricultural machinery rather than
> > mining. Any known archives for the ironworks?
> >
> > Has anyone come across P. Colson, engineer?
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated and duly acknowledged
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Rob Vernon
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