History of Spain. Barcelona, Catalonia. Exterior view of the industrial alcohols factory of Folch, Albinana y Compania. In 1874, Joaquim Folch i Solà and Frederic Albinana i Vila, founded the company Folch, Albinana y Cia. for the cereal trade. Both partners visited the main European factories to establish an alcohol distillery in Barcelona, building it at the Passeig del Cementiri (now Doctor Aiguader street). The machinery was of German origin, being installed under the direction of the engineer M.P. Kyll, from Cologne (Germany). It was inaugurated in 1883. There was a malting plant, with warehouses that could store up to one and a half million kilos of corn and barley, a building for the brewing and saccharification process, fermentation cellars and a building for distillation. Engraving by Capuz. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana (The Spanish and American Illustration), 1883.
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History of Spain. Barcelona, Catalonia. Exterior view of the industrial alcohols factory of Folch, Albinana y Compania. In 1874, Joaquim Folch i Solà and Frederic Albinana i Vila, founded the company Folch, Albinana y Cia. for the cereal trade. Both partners visited the main European factories to establish an alcohol distillery in Barcelona, building it at the Passeig del Cementiri (now Doctor Aiguader street). The machinery was of German origin, being installed under the direction of the engineer M.P. Kyll, from Cologne (Germany). It was inaugurated in 1883. There was a malting plant, with warehouses that could store up to one and a half million kilos of corn and barley, a building for the brewing and saccharification process, fermentation cellars and a building for distillation. Engraving by Capuz. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana (The Spanish and American Illustration), 1883.

Date

1883

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Photo12/Universal Images Group

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UMG25A35_067

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Droits gérés

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38,6Mo (5,5Mo) / 36,0cm x 26,9cm / 4252 x 3172 (300dpi)

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Barcelona Catalonia Catalan Spain Spanish factory history engraving Tomas Carlos Capuz facilities 19th century alcohol industrial alcohol industry industrial Folch Albinana y Compania Joaquim Folch i Sola fermentation cereals corn barley distillery building industrial building facade economy maltings malthouse M.P. Kyll architecture

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