2704 x 3701 px | 22,9 x 31,3 cm | 9 x 12,3 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
3 août 2010
Lieu:
Sants-Montjuïc disrict, Barcelona, Spain.
Informations supplémentaires:
This garden occupies part of the space where the power plant was located former Barcelona Traction, Light and Power Company, Limited, popularly known as The Canadian by the importance of the Canadian capital in the company. In the early twentieth century was one of the pioneers of the country in the production of electricity, and is remembered for the strike that originated between February and March 1919 and was a major landmark of Catalan labor movement. He recalls the passage located on one side of the gardens, which connects the Paral · lel avenue with street Vila i Vilà, dedicated to this historic event. Currently the three chimneys are integrated into the set of two office buildings Electrical Spanish. Barcelona Traction, Light and Power Company (BTLP) was a Canadian utility company that operated light and power utilities in Spain. It was incorporated on September 12, 1911 in Toronto, Canada by Frederick Stark Pearson. The company was developed by Belgian-American engineer Dannie Heineman. It operated in Spain but was owned mostly by the Belgian holding companies SOFINA and SIDRO and became the subject of the important International Court of Justice case, Belgium v. Spain (1970).
