Mills in Alto Aragón – central eléctrica

La Puebla de Roda

La Puebla de Roda is a village in the Ribagorza region of Huesca province. It is on the A-1605 from Graus over Capella to Bonansa and the N-260. You should find it on any map.
For the mill: enter the village from the main road (A-1605) where Cajigar is signposted. After only a few steps, take the lower branch to the right which is the Calle del Molino. Stay on this lower street for about 100 m where you will find a narrow path (between the balustrade and the facade of a house) leading down to the site of the mill. Walk about 50 m further on the street and you will reach the aqueduct and recognize the view of (1).

Pictures: 31.xii.2018, 14.x.2021

 

(1) The powerstation (far left) with the aqueduct (right).

(2) The power plant, with its own entrance, is located in the right part of the building.

(3) The side wall (see also 1, left) of the powerplant.
The central eléctrica is located in the right section (2) of the construction. This section has its own narrow entrance and also contains the only window in the complex's long facade. The other window is in the side wall (3) of the powerplant. At the base of this wall is an opening through which the discharge water of the turbine is drained.

Inside, the heavy equipment (5–7) is still present, but has been largely dismantled to take the copper wiring away (7).

The turbine (6, 8) comes from the company Averly S.A. Zaragoza. I couldn't find a serial number, nor any indication of a model code.

The alternator (7, 9) carries a tag which is completely corroded and illegible. However, its body bears a logo (9) and this reveals that it must be a model of La Electricidad S.A. Sabadell (which we have seen also in Ribera de Castanesa).

(4) Exits of the power wires with insulators.

(5) Alternator, flywheel, turbine.

(6)

(7) Disassembled alternator: all the copper is gone.

(8) Turbine: Averly S.A. Zaragoza
(9) Alternator: La Electricidad S.A. Sabadell

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