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Ironworks of the Ferrera valley

Alins, Pallars Sobirà, Lleida

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Ironworks of the Ferrera valley

Historical milestone · Alins, Pallars Sobirà, Lleida

Image of Alins, not of the place itself.

Iron gave its name to the vall Ferrera. In 1874 the two forges of Alins, property of the Castellarnau family, produced some 360 tonnes a year and employed some six hundred men between mines, charcoal pits and transport.

1874

Photo: Jm.mir3 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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