Acumuer
Pictures: III.2000 and 20.III.2002
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Mills in Altoaragón - harinero, central eléctrica
Acumuer |
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| Acumuer lies
deep in the valley that it gives its name.
From the main road between Sabiñánigo and Biescas, follow directions
for Larrés and the Museo del dibujo. Take left when you reach Larrés
and follow the road below the village. You now enter the valley
of the Rio Aurín and will pass several bore holes for natural gas.
Be ready for some potholes. You will cross the river after some time and
eventually reach Acumuer. Park the car in the penultimate hairpin before
the village. Don't block the gravel road! Walk along the gravel road. At some point you
will cross the GR. Follow the GR-markings and descend into the
riverbed. Once down, walk against the stream until you reach the mill.
Pictures: III.2000 and 20.III.2002 |
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| Front with outlet and the right cárcavo | Not much of a difference between in- or outside |
| The mill is situated in the bed of
the rio Aurín on a low platform. Thick walls behind the mill must
break the current and protect the construction against drift-wood and
boulders. The protection dams are broken and some impressive trees
are swept against the remains. One day or another dams, mill and everything will be
drained away.
The façade bears an inscription - 1763 - above the entrance. The outlet is at the right side. Both cárcavos open in the same drain. They are very deep and reach the backwall of the mill. The cárcavo left is for the power generator. |
Some of the old machinery lies shattered all over the workfloor.
The red arrow indicates two mill stones of the harinero. The yellow arrow
points to the turbine for the power generator and the blue arrow shows the tube
feeding the turbine.
Notice how both currents cross each other. The water for the flour mill comes from the right, from the balsa and flows to the left. The water for the generator comes from behind, goes to the turbine near the outer wall and then turns left to the drain. |
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| Cárcavo with wheel and botana in metal | Balsa behind the mill - person gives depth |
| Only the cárcavo of the flour mill is accessable. The other opening is for the bigger part hidden behind debris. We found nice masonry housing a metallic rodete and ditto botana. | The balsa leans against the back wall of the mill. The deepest point in the corner with the saetín is about two meter. One of the containment walls is an extension of the back wall. The other, perpendicular on the first, runs parallel with the river. The channel enters the balsa at the outer end of this wall. Only the last few meters are preserved. The rest is taken by the river. |
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The turbine carries several
inscriptions. It's a number 156. The other side says La Electricidad S.A. Sabadell
The waterworks of the power station are most impressive. It's a pitty nobody seems to care for it. The water is not taken from the river, but from a small tribute rivulet high on the right bank. A new maintenance road was built exactly through the capture point and only some diffuse traces survived. |
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| Turbine number 156 |
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| Capture point for the power station | First part of channel is closed |
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Most of the rest
of the channel still exists and is extremely well built.
The first part of the channel is
closed with flat stones making it immune for blockage by fallen rocks.
The channel continues for several hunderds of meters and then drops
below an old path (connecting village and pastures) to discharge into
an immense reservoir (cubo).
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| Channel with tube and river in background |
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| Channel drops below path and ends into cubo (left) | Cubo towers high above the mill |
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| A tube carries the water to the turbine. |
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