Category Archives: Industrial past

History of the metal industry in Bizkaia, Spain.

Forges: cultural heritage to be discovered

Nowadays, finding the ruins of a forge in any bend of a river is a [...]

The mining landscapes

The silent witnesses of an industrial past that marked both the territory and its inhabitants

Art as a witness of the transformations

During the period between approximately 1876 and 1936, the true golden age of Basque mining [...]

Iron in literature

Iron ore has left a deep mark in the literature about our land. Since ancient [...]

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 [...]

Modern siderurgy in Bizkaia

In the chapter dedicated to mining we saw how the abolition of the foral regime [...]

Hydraulic forges

Hydraulic forges: still living vestiges of our iron and steel past

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 [...]

Iron mining in Bizkaia

About the most primary of the activities linked to iron: that of its extraction from [...]

Past, present and future of an industrial enclave

The history of an industrial area that has survived the different situations for more than [...]