Mills in Altoaragón - central eléctrica

Salinas de Jaca

Salinas de Jaca should be on any road map worth the name. From Jaca take the road for Pamplona. Don't cross the bridge in Puente de la Reina de Jaca, but instead drive straight-on towards Ayerbe and Huesca. Continue where Villalangua and then Salinas de Jaca are signposted. You will cross the Río Asabón and then find the mill near the river-bed on your right.

The mill takes water from the Río Asabón.

Pictures: 26 december 2000


	Molino below the Cerro de la Casterella		Front of molino

The army map names the mill Molino Samper.

The construction was securely closed up with a barking dog inside. The mill is probably used as a summer residence. The side-wall facing the river is still covered with insulators and old wiring.

			The embalse (water storage) lies high above the river level with the mill's roof. Trees started to colonize and only about one thirth of the original volume is free of vegetation. The canal is a closed tube. That was probably the best way to keep the water coming from very far stream-up on the other side of the road. (The mill of Yeste also has a closed channel.)
	The roof of the mill with the water reservoir.

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