Government funding to restore two Almería monuments
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By m.p. - Jul 5, 2009 - 2:37 PM
They are the English Railway in Almería and the Torre del Rayo in Carboneras

The huge iron structure known as the ‘Cable Inglés’- the ‘English railway’ at Almería port is to be restored with almost 2 million € of government funding. This raised piece of railway track was once used to unload minerals onto ships, and was built between 1902 and 1904 by the company, The Alquife Mines, to the design of a Scottish engineer named by Ideal newspaper as John Ernest Harrison.

It’s been disused for many years and now has cultural interest protection. The estimated cost for the phase of its restoration is 3.7 million €, and that will be funded in equal parts by the Development Ministry and the Junta de Andalucía’s department of culture.

The Ministry has also agreed to more than 100,000 € funding to restore the 16th century Torre del Rayo in Carboneras.

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