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The Carbonífera del Ebro and the lignite mines

Mequinenza, Bajo Cinca, Zaragoza

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The Carbonífera del Ebro and the lignite mines

Historical milestone · Mequinenza, Bajo Cinca, Zaragoza

The Carbonífera del Ebro and the lignite mines

The lignite basin of Mequinenza was worked intensively from the end of the nineteenth century. La Carbonífera del Ebro, founded in 1880, attracted miners from all over Spain: the population went from some 2,400 inhabitants in 1900 to more than 4,200 in 1920.

1880-1970

Photo: Mequinensa (Public domain)

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