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Wolverhampton Canalside O Conferences O Letters O Famous Funnel O Regional News AIA Catalonia Tour THE BULLETIN OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY FREE TO MEMBERS OF AIA AIA goes to CatalonCa' ia o Kew Steam Museum o Crossness o Blaenavon restoration Wolverhampton canalside o conferences o letters o famous funnel o regional news AIA Catalonia Tour The AIA's tour of Catalonia took place fron del Mar Vich and her father and saw the bottling Monday l9 April to Saturday 24 April 2004. I an and packing plant. Then on to Anglds for a 1'l sure all those who attended would like to thank hour three-course lunch in a local restaurant, with INDUSTRIAL James Douet for his excellent notes, seamless the region's Penedes wine freely available which translations and great good humour; Eusebi established the pattern for the week. ARCHAEOLOGY Casanelles i Rahola for all his help, and naking Then followed a walk to the Vapor Bur€s so many of his staff available to show us round; cotton mill. where we were met and taken round NEWS 130 Francesc Tarrats. Director General of Cultural by Emile Rams. Established in 1872 exploiting the 2OO4 Heritage for Catalunya, for taking the time to hydraulic potential of the river Ter on the fringe of Autumn come and speak to us, and to Paul Saulter for the old town, it became necessary for the owners Honorary President naking the arrangements. Few of us probably to provide facilities to attract labour. Initially a Prof Angus Buchanan realise that Paul gives nuch of his time free to canteen was provided, and from 1 889 13 Hensley Road, Bath BA2 2DR societies like the Newcomen and the AlA. The accommodation, shops and a school, thus Chairman Mike Bone welcome help of James Douet and Peter creating a coldnia or colony, the first of several of 5unnyside, Avon Close, Keynsham, Bristol BS31 2uL Neaverson are acknowledged in conpiling this these interesting developments which we would Vice-Chairman account. see during the week. In 1958 nearly 1,200 people Prof Marilyn Palmer spinning and weaving cotton. School oJ Archaeological Studies, The University, were employed Leicester LE1 7RH Judith Hodgkinson 0nly very recently closed and cleared of its textile Secretary machinery, the main attraction at the mill now is Barry Hood the cross-compound horizontal steam engine 7 Loch Way, Kemnay, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire A85'1 5QZ Catalunya, as we were to discover during the Treasurer week, is very different from the rest of Spain, not built by La Maquinista Terrestre y Maritima de Richard Hartree least in its 200 years of industrialisation, notably Barcelona which was added to supplement water Stables cottage, Sibford Ferris, Banbury 0X1 5 5RE in textiles. Having made our own way to power following further expansion of the mill. lA Review Editor This has been bought by the local council at the Dr David Gwyn Barcelona, 45 members gathered for the evening Nant y Felin, Llanllyfni Road, Pen y Groes, meal on Monday so we could meet our guide, disposal auction to ensure its preservation. We Caernarfon LL54 6LY James Douet, and Joan Munt, president of the continued past the blocks of flats associated with lA News Editor archaeology. We the mill and the fine 'Torre' or owner's mansion Dr Peter Stanier Catalan association for industrial 49 Breach Lane, Shaftesbury, Dorset 5P7 8LF also received excellent and extensive packs of before returning to the coach. Aff iliated 5ocieties Off icer information including one or two in a wide series Our lengthy lunch meant that we had to Prof Ray Riley of 44 format booklets intended as teaching aids. forego the photo-stop at two hydroelectric 8 Keep, Clarence Parade, Southsea P05 3NX Queen's stations (opened 1905 and 1916) as we were at Conference Secretary Although in Catalan they are well produced and Tony Parkes packed with excellent diagrams. least 2 hours behind schedule. Unfortunately and 60 School Lane, Hill Ridware, Rugeley W51 5 3QN 0n Tuesday we travelled north east beyond unforgivably this meant that we missed meeting Endangered Sites Officer Banyoles visit the the Mayor of Montcada for the official launch of Dr Mike Nevell Girona to the town of to pumping University of Manchester Archaeology Unit, University dilapidated forge at El Com[. As we were to see the newly-restored steam-powered of Manchester, oxford Road, l\/anchester M1 3 9PL time and again during the week, the landfall and station built in 1879 on the outskirts of Librarian and Archivist water supply are such in Catalunya that a Barcelona. The industrial settlement of Montcada John Powell has been important in the supply of water to c/o IGMT, lronbridge, Telford, Shropshire TF8 7DQ surprising number of take-offs is possible. In this Publicity Officer case the water supply leat was from a lake and Barcelona since Roman times, and the delightful lonathan Briggs we gathered from our local guide Luls Privdt buildings have been restored to form a slightly 46 Arrowsmlth Drive, Stonehouse GLl 0 2QR there had been 1 5 take-offs in one kilometre. At Recording Awards Officer Dr Victoria Beauchamp El Comri there were three wheels, driving the 3 Parsonage Court, Parsonage Crescent, Walkley, trompe blowing system for two hearths and two Sheffield 56 5BJ trip hammers, working first iron and later copper. Sales Officer Roger Ford In rather less than ideal conditions the family Barn Cottage, Bridge Street, Bridgnorth WVI 5 6AF operating the forge lived on the floor above. Part Council Members of the building had been used for papermaking Dr Robert Can (BA Awards) in the nineteenth century, with a drying space at Dr Paul Collins (Partnerships) David Lyne (Conservation Award) second floor level. Currently awaiting funding for Michael Messenger restoration, most of the remaining structure and Mary Nlills Dr generous of Peter Neaverson (AlA Abstracts; Book Review Editod machinery is covered in a layer Honorary Vice-Presidents pigeon droppings. A brief coffee-and-comfort Sir Neil Cossons John Hume Stuart B. Smith break was rather taken advantage of and Liaison Officer somewhat scuppered the timetable for the rest of Simon Thomas the day, Did we think this was a holiday? AIA Office, 5chool ofArchaeological Studies, University of Leicester, Leicester LEI 7RH Our second visit was to the Gerunda eau-de- t 01 1 6 252 5337, tax: 01 I 5 252 5005 vie distillery at Girona in a fine Modernista e-mail: [email protected] building of 1911 by Domenech i Montaner. Website: Distilling now carried on in the firm's other www i nd ustrial-archaeology.org. u k is premises in Galicia in NW Spain, but the fruit flavours are still oroduced here. The attention of COVER PICTURE the steam-buffs focused on the remarkably small The bunting is out to celebrate the steaming of one of vertical-boiler steam engine by Alexander the great bean engines at Crossness on 4 April 2004 Hermanos (Brothers) of Barcelona, (but of (see page 8) Textile nachinery at the Museu de la Ciencia I de la Tecnica Photo:RlMCarr Scottish origin). We were shown round by Maria Photo: Judith Hodqkinson 2 INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY NEWS 130 The AIA group photograph at the Catalan National Railway Museum, Vilanova i Geltri Photo: Judith Hodokinson isolated cultural centre on the riverside. A pair of were smart, modern and extremely clean, and we extraordinary rock formation of Monsenat to the vertical steam engines, again by Alexanders, is were shown round by one of the engineers, Paco monastery. preserved with overhead crankshafts operating Tones. We walked alongside the inspection pit to The next visit was to the Colonia 5ed6 at plunger pumps. The day ended with a visit to the see the cog mechanism of one of the five new Espaneguera. A cotton mill was set up here in Museu d'Histdria de Catalunya, the extensive Swiss Staedtler funicular units for the steeo haul 1846 on the site of a flour mill and an excellent displays mainly labelled in Catalan, were up to Monserrat monastery. A machine for re- model showed the final extent of the site. By enlivened with many working models. The profiling wheels was demonstrated for us: 1878 more power was required and a further evening concluded with a cava and tapas according to Sefior Tones the aim is to check all take-off 5 km upstream was linked to the mill by reception on the top floor of the stunningly wheels once a month. This doubles the life of the a handsome aqueduct. A walk through the located museum, overlooking the clty with the wheel, and presumably improves wear and tear cutaway giant 1899 Francis turbine by Planas harbour in the foreground. The Direcci6 General on track - and passengers. In the diesel shed a Flaquer i Cia. of Girona which delivered 1400hp, del Patrimoni Cultural of the Generalitat de loco from the phosphate mines was in for gave access to an AV display in the turbine pipe Catalunya, Francesc Tanats Bou, gave a short servicing, and a third shed repaired and serviced and water supply and discharge tunnels. At its address on the successes of, and aspirations for, carriages and wagons. There was a small arnount peak the mill employed 3,000 and its chief the development of industrial sites as museums of old rolling stock as well, including an unusual product was cotton velvet, sometimes described in the region. Marilyn Palmer responded on Ganatt 2-6-0 + 0-6-2 articulated locomotive of as corduroy (though neither the machine seen behalf of the AlA. 1926. A 40-minute up-hill ride in vintage coaches here nor the one seen later at the museum at Wednesday began with a visit to the major behind a 1948 Energies Marginell (Belgium) 2-6- Tenassa was set up to produce the striped pile of maintenance workshops of the Fenocarrils de la 2 tank locomotive deposited us at Monistrol, from corduroy).
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