CENTRAL TERMICA POWERSTATION
[SPAIN]

MAY AND JUNE 2008 - 58 PHOTOS
ABANDONED, RECONSTRUNCTION IS STARTED

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This coal-fired power station is one of the most important examples of industrial architecture for this area. Inaugurated by general Franco in 1957 and built according to a design by the Spanish architect Molezun. It was not located by the sea because of the views, but because the coal shipments arrived by sea. This site has an area of 53000 m2. For more then 10 years the power station and its surroundings are abandoned and slowly falling into decay. The two tall and impressive chimneys rise above the bay and have become a common reference to the landscape of the bay.

A reconstruction project is started and will include the factories characteristic of the industrial time. After the reconstuction a museum will be showing how one worked and lived in the industrial colony before the tourists arrived. The building will also have a library and an auditorium. The tanks that lodged the fuel will be transformed into exposition spaces. The cleaning is started and there was totally no trace of graffiti or vandalism to be found!