We have been pleasantly surprised to find in an entry on network a great system Daverio flour mill located in the town of Jaen Santiesteban del Puerto. As shown in the photographs (at the bottom can follow a link to view the entire collection), the machinery is kept in fairly good condition despite the deficiencies noted in the building. These include mills Daverio, which we identify with the model "Novo-Diagonal" Which brings us to the years 1920-30.
We join here to claim on this industrial complex that must become part of local and regional heritage fully protected. We give our highest congratulations to the authors of the article and called on readers who, if anyone has more historical references or testimonials on this flour, we make them know one way or another blog to try to complete the memory element.
"The olive tree as a monoculture in Jaén, is not as old as we think, actually its expansion did not occur until the mid XIX century, and was favored by imposing the confiscation, that led to crops on small plots, and also helped by the fact of not needing a full-time farmer. Previously agriculture in our region of the County and almost all the province of Jaén is based on the cultivation of cereals, mainly wheat. Proof of this large number of flour mills present at the end of Santisteban, all the banks of the river Montizón, of which perhaps the best known is the Ballard Mill, for the pilgrimage that it is celebrated. In this context, includes the mill before us called Flour Factory Santa Clotilde or known among the peasants of the Light Factory. is a building, rectangular gable roof, is located behind the Santa Clotilde Oil Co, and is divided into three floors. A ground floor or basement, which uses the slope of the land, under a second and third. The masonry walls are regular in local stone, and they open rows of openings: three small windows on the ground floor and first and second three and five respectively, vertical and curved lintel, all at the two sides long the building. For the trace could place it on the aesthetics of the decade of the 20 or 30 years also in adopting the technique of grinding energy. According states on its facade, a ceramic label ( Santa Clotilde. Flour Factory - System Daverio ) mill was constructed based on the grain milling system that differed from the traditional in their energy was electric and not hydraulics. As we see in the pictures the factory adopts the Swiss system of cylinders called Daverio Henrici y Cia. of Zurich. This system was imposed from the late 20's and even remained in force until the 70's. not know the exact function of this system of milling, it seems that the results were more productive and better quality than traditional ones. The moving power turbines housed in the basement downstairs, and through pulleys and belts transmitting the forces to the other floors housed the machinery for grinding, cleaning, sifting and aspiration. Machinery which is completely preserved, judging by the pictures. After a complicated journey from one plant to another, passing successively by the exiles, zig-zag monitor, deschinadora, triarvejón, tipping machine, washer, sprinkler water tanks wheat rest ... completely clean and in good condition was subjected to various mills. The result was not only high quality meal, but also sharps, and bran fourth leaf, used in livestock feed. The factory was founded by Mr. Santiago Iran, to our knowledge, the exact date but should be in the 30's, and remained in existence until the early 60's. still not clear we have suffered the vicissitudes of the factory but we assume that the end was related to the decline in cereal production in the region to gradually replace this with the olive crop. amazing to see the pictures showing a burgeoning industry in its time, while saddened by the uncertain fate of this heritage item Santisteban it now belongs to a developer. " Source: http://revistalaraiz.blogspot.com/2010/09/fabrica-de-harinas-santa-clotilde.html
Text: Jacinto Market
Images: Mariano Soriano http://picasaweb.google.es/ytineris/PIAC0056 #
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