Ontón (Bilbao) : automatic underwater wharf, to exploit the mining deposits: (original project by the architect M. Alberto de Palacio, from Bilbao)
Document:
2700
Author:
Riudavets, J.
Engraver:
Rico
Printer:
Establecimiento tipografico "Sucesores de Rivadeneyra", Madrid
Book / Album /Dossier:
Ilustración española y americana, la : museo universal : periódico de ciencias, artes, literatura, industria y conocimientos útiles
Date Ilustration format :
1889
Date Theme :
1889
Physical description:
1 24 x 33 cm engraving on a 28 x 41 cm page
Notes:
15th of July 1889 edition. "New rich mines are located far from the port of Bilbao, such as the ones in the mining area of Ontón, on the same coast, that raise the urgent need to provide a simple solution to this mechanical problem: finding a simple, cheap means of landing on any point of the wild coast...".
Subjects:
Art and Architecture-Civil buildings-Factories-Mine industry Communications-Means of transport Communications-Means of transport-Vessels-Steamships Natural landscape-Coasts