Portal de Fuente Alamo
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Gregory Castejón, Balsapintada neighbor and student of Geography at the University of Murcia, has recently submitted a research study related to the hydraulic heritage has the town of Fuente Alamo.
Specifically, with the famous "Canal Siphon" or System "Friendship Society and Profit" originated in the late nineteenth century and regarded as one of the largest water pipes throughout Europe and the Mediterranean.
Gregory began this research as a class assignment and finished presenting their study at an international seminar organized by the University of Murcia called "Heritage Hydraulics and Water Culture of the Mediterranean".
It was there that exhibited the characteristics of the water system that has more than 20 miles of pipeline and more than a hundred ports (vertical wells).
Besides, he sinks are associated 4, 4 and 2 rafts siphons water accumulation.
According to information gathered through the Municipal Archives of Fuente Alamo and the testimony of neighbors who worked with the system (as in the case of Antonio "The Elms" Pepe "The West" or Joseph Castejón), tunnels or galleries channeling and water catchment departed from the area of ​​Los Tréveles (located in the Rambla de la Azohía, between the hamlet of Las Palas and the people of Fuente Alamo) until Jimenado.
Even, not only favored irrigated agriculture in the town of Fuente Alamo, but also in Torre Pacheco, while that supplied water to ancient municipal washing, the two sources that existed in the town fuentealamera : the Santa Obdulia and St. Augustine and some people Balsapintada laundries.
After this extensive study, Gregory advocates "preserve and protect the rich and unique heritage that we have in our hydraulic Villa del Agua" and therefore requests the cooperation of citizens to collect photographs and information related to water galleries, cisterns, wells, dinners , laundry, etc..
Source: Ayuntamiento de Fuente Álamo
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