The British LegacyIn Huelva
3rd Cycle of Primary Education
The itinerary that we are going to do is presented under the
title The British Legacy in Huelva.It is a route which illustrates
the important cultural heritage left by the English in our province
and town.This presence takes the last thirty years of the 19th
century and the first half of the 20th century.
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XXth CenturyXIXth Century
1801
1850
1900
1901
1950
2000
1873
1954
The British LegacyIn HuelvaAproximately, more than 80 years!
In 1873 the government of the First Republic assigned the
exploitation of the Riotinto mines (an area known since antiquity
for its rich metal content) to the omnipotent Riotinto Company
Limited.This company revolutionized the traditional methods used to
extract minerals.They used open cast pits such as Corta
Atalaya.
They constructed a railway to be used as an outlet for its
production, which transported the mineral to the port of
Huelva.They loaded the minerals onto ships using purpose-built
piers of the most advanced engineering.
For 81 years, Riotinto became almost a British colony, and
English enclave which depended economically on Great Britain, and
which form a cultural and social point of view introduced different
customs to the area such as: Football,
beach tourism in the summer resort of Punta Umbra,
Tennis,
five oclock tea,...
The British influence transforms the economy in Huelva and the
life in the city.Huelva was transformed into the copper capital of
Europe, leaving their imprint on the development of the city and
its province.They introduced the most advanced technology, built
the railways and possessed the know-how to exploit the worlds
richest copper mines of the time.
British introduced their own customs and constructed their
buildings in the Victorian style of the time.They destroyed and
rebuilt entire villages using the location of mineral contents as
the sole criteria.
The capital was completely transformed: from a sleepy fishing
town with small and modest buildings, it became a trade emporium
with rich bourgeois buildings and magnificent examples of
industrial architecture which still stand today.
In 1954 the mines where sold to the Spanish Franco's
government.
Hugh Matheson, 18731898 John J.J. Keswick, 18981904 Charles W.
Fielding, 19041923 Albert Milner, 19231925 Auckland Geddes,
19251947 Bessborough, 19471954
PRESIDENTS OF RIOTINTO COMPANY LIMITED
TENNIS IN RIOTINTO
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TENNIS IN HUELVA: Huelva Recreation Club: football, cricket and
tennis (1880)
Law Tennis Huelva.
His Majesty Championship (1912)
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The British LegacyIn HuelvaGROUP OF EXPLORERS (Boy Scouts)
FOOTBALL IN RIOTINTO
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FOOTBALL IN HUELVA
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Popular architecture in Huelva
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Popular architecture in Riotinto
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INDUSTRIAL ARCHITECTURE
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RAILWAY FACILITIES
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PIERS IN THE ESTUARY OF HUELVA
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