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The gancheros of the Júcar

Tragacete, Serranía Alta, Cuenca

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The gancheros of the Júcar

Historical milestone · Tragacete, Serranía Alta, Cuenca

Image of Tragacete, not of the place itself.

The trunks cut in these pine forests came down the river floating as far as the sawmills and the building works of the peninsular interior. The gancheros guided them standing on the timber, with a boat hook, in a trade that lasted into the twentieth century.

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Photo: Cruccone (CC BY 3.0)

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