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La minería en Sopuerta

Sopuerta, Enkartazioak / Encartaciones, Bizkaia

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La minería en Sopuerta

Historical milestone · Sopuerta, Enkartazioak / Encartaciones, Bizkaia

Image of Sopuerta, not of the place itself.

From the late 19th century and for much of the 20th, Sopuerta experienced intense mining development, with mining railways, aerial cableways and processing facilities. The Alén district, now abandoned, once had close to a thousand inhabitants and its own services.

finales del siglo XIX - siglo XX

Photo: Etxaburu (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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