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Blasting of the last chimney of the old factory in Mar, Vilanova i la Geltrú. Author Jordi Más and Morando

Date
1963
Archive
Garraf County Archive
Document type
Imatge fixa
Reference code
ACGAF60-57-0047
Link to the online document
Description

This photograph from 1963, the work of Jordi Más i Morando, captures the symbolic moment of the blasting of the last chimney of the old Mar factory in Vilanova i la Geltrú. The document reflects the end of an industrial stage and the transformation of the urban and economic landscape of the city. The chimneys, a symbol of the Catalan industrial revolution, are also witnesses of European modernization. Its disappearance marks the step towards new productive and urban models. This image is a sample of how industrial memory is part of the collective heritage and how visual archives allow us to understand the processes of change that have defined contemporary Catalonia within the European context.