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The founding of the Sargadelos ironworks

Cervo, Mariña Occidental, Lugo

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The founding of the Sargadelos ironworks

Historical milestone · Cervo, Mariña Occidental, Lugo

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Antonio Raimundo Ibáñez set the blast furnaces of Sargadelos going, the first integrated ironworks in Spain, fuelled with charcoal; in 1794 he added a munitions factory that supplied the Navy.

1791

Photo: Elisardojm (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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