La maquinilla publications

LA MAQUINILLA: RAILWAYS OF BELMEZ AND PEÑARROYA

Summary of the work: A book on the history of the railway from Cabeza de Vaca to Santa Elisa, its connection with the Cerco Industrial de Peñarroya and its extension to the mines of El Porvenir de la Industria. Evolution of the railway from its origin to its closure and its transformation into a Greenway. Analysis of the rolling stock, other subordinate means of transport. Description of the mining branch lines. Richly illustrated with black and white images, many of them unpublished.

150 YEARS OF THE RAILWAY IN BELMEZ

Summary of the work: historical chronology of the 150 years of the railway in Belmez and the Guadiato region. Its interrelations with mining and industry. Historical review of La Maquinilla, Peñarroya-Puertollano railway and Córdoba-Almorchón railway. Its protagonists. Social anecdotes. Richly illustrated with black and white images in colour.

FIELD NOTEBOOK OF THE INDUSTRIAL FENCES OF PEÑARROYA-PUEBLONUEVO

Summary: history of the Industrial Fences from their origin to the present day for curious and restless young people. Protagonists of its history. Illnesses of the workers. Women and Industrial Fences. Pedagogical analysis of each building and/or group of buildings.

DIDACTIC GUIDE TO THE INDUSTRIAL FENCES OF PEÑARROYA-PUEBLONUEVO

Summary: 23 topics of explanations and didactic exercises on the history, architectural elements, chemical processes and machinery of the Peñarroya-Pueblonuevo Industrial Fences. Includes a glossary of terms. Adapted to Level 6 of Primary Education and Compulsory Secondary Education. Illustrations by Diana Sánchez Mustieles, architect and expert in Industrial Heritage.

Translation of the book CINQANTENAIRE (50th anniversary of the Sociedad Minero Metalúrgica de Peñarroya)

Summary: On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the Sociedad Minero Metalúrgica de Peñarroya, Armand Malye, who was the French chief engineer of various services of the company (railways and mines) and general director of the production centre of Pueblonuevo del Terrible wrote a book in French to commemorate it. The book is richly illustrated with drawings by his compatriot Marg. Biron. The authors have translated it from French into Spanish. The book reviews the trajectory of this company and its growth in parallel with the municipality where it is based: Pueblonuevo del Terrible. It also makes an allegory of the work in the mines and industries, as well as the advances that it has brought to this remote part of Spain.