Category Archives: Industrial past
History of the metal industry in Bizkaia, Spain.
The Vizcaya Bridge, symbol of the industrial revolution
Triumphal arch under which all boats heading for Bilbao had to pass, the Vizcaya Bridge [...]
Apr
The Bilbao estuary, the backbone of Basque industrialization
The Bilbao Estuary, with its current calm, has been witness for more than a century [...]
Mar
Forges: cultural heritage to be discovered
Nowadays, finding the ruins of a forge in any bend of a river is a [...]
Feb
The mining landscapes
The silent witnesses of an industrial past that marked both the territory and its inhabitants
Dec
Art as a witness of the transformations
During the period between approximately 1876 and 1936, the true golden age of Basque mining [...]
Nov
Iron in literature
Iron ore has left a deep mark in the literature about our land. Since ancient [...]
Oct
The re-emergence of the basque iron and Steel industry
After the crisis of the 80s and 90s of the 20th century, the Basque siderurgical [...]
Sep
Modern siderurgy in Bizkaia
In the chapter dedicated to mining we saw how the abolition of the foral regime [...]
Jul
The haizeolak or mountain ironworks, the first basque iron and steel industry
The haizeolak, a rudimentary system continued to be used, without too many modifications, for more [...]
May
Iron mining in Bizkaia
About the most primary of the activities linked to iron: that of its extraction from [...]
Apr
Past, present and future of an industrial enclave
The history of an industrial area that has survived the different situations for more than [...]
Mar