Survey of the taller dels Canets, XIX-XX centuries: the old San Antonio wooden carriage factory, Beneixama (Alicante, Spain)

Sergio Ortín Molina

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0310-0010

Spain

Arquitecto. Máster en Conservación del Patrimonio Arquitectónico

Submitted: 2021-05-14

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Accepted: 2021-06-10

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Published: 2021-06-30

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4995/ege.2021.15619
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Keywords:

Industrial Heritage, Rural Architecture, Conservation, Decadence, Graphic Expression, Alto Vinalopó

Supporting agencies:

This research was not funded

Abstract:

The centennial workshop ‘San Antonio’ hosted the industrial rise of a family business dedicated to the craft of construction of wooden carriages, now disappeared. A business activity that began in 1860 and almost saw the dawn of the 21st century. The complex has not received appropriate maintenance and its roofs threaten ruin, compromising the survival of the manufacturing building, abandoned since its closure. Almost 2,000 square meters of industrial history languish awaiting an urgent intervention. This publication, therefore, is inserted in a trend of revalue enhancement and recovery of the heritage site. This graphic survey has been carried out with the essential purpose of capturing its current state, in order to serve as a basis for a future and necessary restoration. In the absence of the original plans, prior to 1909, this work constitutes the only existing planimetric document of the building. And it is being shown in this article for the first time.
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