Parc de la Barceloneta former gas factory
A beach front park in Barceloneta that was a gas production factory until 1989. Parc contains decorative water tower as well as the gas storage tank remains
About Parc de la Barceloneta former gas factory
Parc de la Barceloneta was created from a Gas Factory in the Barceloneta neighbourhood. Catalana de Gas S.A. was a Catalan company based in Barcelona that manufactured and distributed lighting gas, town gas and natural gas as well as electricity generation. The company merged with Gas Madrid in 1991 with the conglomerate being renamed Gas Natural.
Catalana de Gas S.A was founded in 1843 and started selling gas for lighting the city of Barcelona. It was the first company in Spain to manufacture town gas from coal and has been listed on the stock market since 1853. At the beginning of the 20th century the business shifted towards the electricity sector changing name to Catalana de Gas y Electricidad.
In the 1960s the business moved back to the gas sector, abandoning the electricity generation business, substituting coal for naphtha (a flammable oil containing various hydrocarbons) in the town gas manufacturing process. The company began its expansion outside of Catalonia with the acquisition of the Compania Espanola de Gas operating in Cantabria, Murcia and the Valencian Community.
At the end of the 1960s natural gas began to arrive in Spain for the first time from Algeria by boat which required the construction of piers to unload the gas. by the 1980's natural gas, imported from Algeria progressively replaced the manufacture of town gas. Parc de la Barceloneta lies on the site of the former Catalana de Gas factory that which was demolished in 1989.
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