Steam engine in Almuñécar

These units have set in motion the mechanisms of the local sugar factories.

Steam power began to be used during the industrial revolution in the second half of the 19th century. This machine was made in Paris in 1883.

However, on another part of the mechanism, you can find the brand of the foundries of Ruperto Heaton, dated 1944. Apparently, the car was undergoing an upgrade after more than half a century of operation. This is all the more surprising because electricity has not been a curiosity for a long time, not in industry, not in everyday life. However , before the construction of the cascade of hydroelectric power plants in El Chorro, Malaga experienced a shortage of electricity and steam drives were used there until the middle of the 20th century.

The centrifugal regulator provided stable rotation of the impeller. This device was invented in the middle Ages, with the 17th century in 1788, James watt first used a regulator on a steam engine.

Drip lubrication system.