Felguera Factory (in Spanish Fábrica de La Felguera ) was the early manufacturing facility of what is now the company Duro Felguera , located in La Felguera , ( Principality of Asturias , northern Spain ). Although the facility is no longer in operation, the Museum of the Siderurgy ( ferrous metallurgy ) is located in one of the structures.
5-535: La Factoría de Gíl y Compañía existed in the area, in the Vega neighborhood, since 1856. Pedro Duro founded the Sociedad Metalúrgica de Langreo (Langreo Metallurgical Society) on 21 May 1857. He built his company with his partners Vicente Bayo and Francisco Antonio de Elorza y Aguirre, between 1857 and 1859 on land known as El Pradón de La Felguera (English: The big meadow of La Felguera ). The furnace
10-456: The progress of Asturias as an industrial region. The factory closed in 1984. This article related to Asturias, Spain is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Pedro Duro Pedro Duro Benito (1810–1886) was an important Spanish businessman of the 19th century; founder of the industrial group Duro Felguera and a pioneer of ironworking in Spain . Duro
15-679: Was awarded the Order of Isabella the Catholic and the Légion d'honneur from the French government. He was buried in La Felguera , where the workers of his factory raised a big monument. He was also a pioneer in social measures for workers. His work motivated, in addition, industrial expansion in the north of Spain. Today the company that he created is called "Duro Felguera" and it has been traded on
20-682: Was born in Brieva de Cameros , La Rioja , and he died in the Principality of Asturias in 1886. He began construction on the Felguera Factory in 1857; a metallurgical factory that became the most important in Spain in the 19th century, and through the 20th century until the 1960s. It was the first major ironworks that were constructed in Spain. His descendants were created Marquesses of La Felguera by King Alfonso XIII . In addition, Duro
25-466: Was lit in 1859, and iron was produced the following year. His intention was to introduce the modern steel industry into the town, taking advantage of existing area resources, such as coal, the rivers Nalón and Candín, the Carbonera Road, and Langreo Railway , which joined the municipality of Langreo with Gijón . It was one of the most important steel and iron works centers in Spain and promoted
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