Parque Minero de Riotinto |
21660 Minas de Riotinto, Spain (Andalusia) |
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Plaza Ernest Lluch
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| Floor area | unfortunately not known yet |
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Exhibition
Mining
- Railway
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see: http://parquemineroderiotinto.es/?lang=en
ver: http://parquemineroderiotinto.es
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Status from 04/2015
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see: http://parquemineroderiotinto.es/?page_id=1472&lang=en ver: http://parquemineroderiotinto.es/?page_id=1472 |
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Minas de Ríotinto is a town and municipality located in the province of Huelva, southern Spain. THE ERNEST LLUCH MINING MUSEUM, RIOTINTOThe museum headquarters is the building which housed the old hospital of the Riotinto Company Limited, the company which exploited the mines from 1873 to 1954. It is situated on the south hill of “El Valle” (Minas de Riotinto, Huelva).Peña de HierroThe mine Peña de Hierro (Huelva) is located in the extreme north-east of Riotinto´s anticline, ten kilometres from Riotinto village and three kilometres from Nerva village |
| Description | Mining park RiotintoIn the mining park of Riotinto you can do a different railway journey, penetrate into a mine, visit a real victorian house and know about the history of a totally transformed mining bowl.THE ERNEST LLUCH MINING MUSEUM, RIOTINTOThe museum has an area of 1,800 m2 and fourteen exhibition areas. Among the exhibits is a reproduction of a Roman mine and the house number 21 belonging to the former British district of Bella Vista.The permanent display shows the project work and aims of the Foundation, the environmental and geological features of the area and also its history, always in relation to mining exploitation. The visitor can see many pieces related to mining and metallurgy, as well as exhibits of industrial archaeology such as the Maharaja’s carriage, the smartest narrow gauge carriage in the world. It was commissioned by Queen Victoria and brought to Riotinto for a visit by Alfonso XIII. The Mining Museum of Riotinto is a journey through 5,000 years of mining history. Mining RailwayThe main aim of the railway was to connect the mine and the seaport in Huelva.Of more than 300 kilometres of track laid 84 belonged to the commercial line to transport the ore extracted from the mines. The line was difficult to build because on its way to Huelva it very often had to cross streams and ravines. The tracks run parallel to the Rio Tinto River forcing the construction of eight iron bridges and five tunnels. Twelve intermediate stations were built along the line to control the merchandise traffic and security, but there were also many other stations in the different villages of the area to handle passenger traffic. In Huelva a pier 1,165, metres long was built to allow the railway to load the merchandise directly onto the ships. This pier, which was begun in 1874 and finished in 1876, was in use until 1975. The railway provided three services: internal, which connected the different mining departments; a general line, to join Riotinto with Huelva; and last but not least, branch lines, to connect the villages of the area and provide transport for travellers and miners. This line opened in 1903 and closed in 1968 when it was replaced by bus services. The importance of the passenger traffic led to the existence of 2,000 light trucks, 1,300 good’s wagons and 40 passenger carriages as well as 143 steam engines and 7 electric engines used to transport the mining light tracks from the deposits to the treatment and smelting facilities. The 143 steam engines were of different types, made between 1874 and 1954. With the exception of six of them, they were British made. This line lost its usefulness when in 1964 the chemical development area was built in Huelva and the ore was not longer transported to England. RIOTINTO FOUNDATION, in its endeavour to safeguard the mining and historical inheritance of the area has restored 12 kilometres of the former commercial line to Huelva. The trip can be done with restored carriages and locomotives of the former British company. On the exciting journey running parallel to the Rio Tinto River one passes through impressive landscapes belonging to the old smelting and industrial facilities as well as beautiful scenery normally inaccessible to the traveller. Peña de HierroThis mine is less well known than Riotinto but with much higher metal standards. It took its name from the mineralised iron peak that crowns the open cast mine. |
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