Fosado
| Now, this is a nice spot. The mill of Fosado lies on the river Lanata and is easily to reach. Take the road from L'Ainsa to Campo and park were Fosado is signposted. The mill is just a few steps away. |
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Mills in Altoaragón - harinero, powerstation
Fosado |
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The highest part of the building houses the flour mill. The remains of the power station are just visible behind. The entrance is in the low and protruding section of the construction. The groundfloor was the workspace. The topfloor was probably the living room. The cárcavo opened below the lower window. |
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| The workfloor of the flour mill is in disarray. We can still recognise the tolva (remember your words?) and the guardapolvo around the stone. | The roof did collapse and for the time being the top floor was able to hold the extra weight, but time for this machinery is running out. Some debris of the ceiling is already coming down. |
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The waterworks of Fosados' mill are most
interesting. The balsa (reservoir) was not fed
by the Lanata river, but by a small rivulet behind
the mill. The balsa (length about 15m) has
earthen walls. The brick walls leading to the
saetín (inlet) are
set with care and 4 to 5 m high. The saetín was below thick silt and invisible. We had to work our way to the other side of the wall: the cárcavo. |
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| the reservoir (balsa) | cárcavo with two rodetes |
| This most secret (sacred?) part of the mill is very deep. The roof is solid and from fine masonry close to the outlet. We were very surprised to find two rodetes in one big cárcavo. Other mills with multiple stones in general have the same number of cavities: one wheel per cárcavo. (f.e. Gabardilla, Palo and Alquezar - simulating) |
Two botanas with tajadera (inlet pipes
with valve) and on the left a rod from the levador.
Observe that the wheels made their revolutions in opposite directions. (Probably a miller historian?) |
| The powerstation is muy ruinoso We couldn't possibly enter by normal way. But as this part of the mill has a separate outlet we were able to crawl our way through, reach the cárcavo and then the engine room. Everything has been dismantled; only some tubes (arrows) for a turbine left. |  |
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