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First steam engine of the wool industry

Sabadell, Vallès Occidental, Barcelona

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First steam engine of the wool industry

Historical milestone · Sabadell, Vallès Occidental, Barcelona

Image of Sabadell, not of the place itself.

The installation of the first steam engine in 1838 set off the textile take-off that made Sabadell the leading wool centre of the State and earned it the nickname of the Catalan Manchester. The chimneys of the steam mills marked its profile for more than a century.

1838

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