{"id":5592,"date":"2012-09-12T13:10:22","date_gmt":"2012-09-12T11:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bilbaoport.eus\/?p=5592"},"modified":"2014-09-18T10:03:24","modified_gmt":"2014-09-18T08:03:24","slug":"the-portugalete-iron-dock-is-125-years-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bilbaoport.eus\/en\/news\/the-portugalete-iron-dock-is-125-years-old\/","title":{"rendered":"The Portugalete Iron Dock is 125 years old"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"show-for-small mobile-breadcrumbs\"><ul class=\"breadcrumbs\"><li class=\"home\"><span property=\"itemListElement\" typeof=\"ListItem\"><a property=\"item\" typeof=\"WebPage\" title=\"Go to Port of Bilbao.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bilbaoport.eus\/en\/\" class=\"home\" aria-current=\"page\"><span property=\"name\">Port of Bilbao<\/span><\/a><meta property=\"position\" content=\"1\"><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><figure id=\"attachment_5585\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5585\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a class=\"thickbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bilbaoport.eus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/muelle-de-hierro-1887.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5585 \" title=\"Iron Dock 1887\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bilbaoport.eus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/muelle-de-hierro-1887-640x447.jpg\" alt=\"Iron Dock 1887\" width=\"640\" height=\"447\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5585\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iron Dock 1887<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Portugalete Iron Dock, considered to be a fine example of iron architecture due to its uniqueness and exceptional beauty, will be 125 years old on 12 September. The Dock was designed by\u00a0<strong>Evaristo de Churruca y Brunet<\/strong>\u00a0with a view to finishing with the fearsome bar, a bank of quicksand which was a serious obstacle for shipping at the mouth of the River Nervi\u00f3n and caused numerous accidents and shipwrecks.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, its building marked the beginning of a new era in the history of the Port of Bilbao, which ceased to be one of the most dangerous on the Bay of Biscay and became one of the best and safest ports in Spain.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"one_half bbcol\">El a\u00f1o pasado la Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao finaliz\u00f3 las obras de rehabilitaci\u00f3n m\u00e1s importantes emprendidas desde su construcci\u00f3n. Las obras, con una inversi\u00f3n de 1,63 millones consistieron, fundamentalmente, en la recuperaci\u00f3n de los elementos estructurales que se eliminaron en 1933, las cruces de San Andr\u00e9s longitudinales y transversales, y en el saneo de otros elementos secundarios como son la losa de hormig\u00f3n superior que soporta el pavimento y la sustituci\u00f3n de la barandilla.<br \/>Para celebrar este aniversario, el Ayuntamiento de Portugalete ha organizado una exposici\u00f3n en la Torre Salazar que permanecer\u00e1 abierta al p\u00fablico del 12 de septiembre al 28 de octubre.<\/div><div class=\"one_half column-last bbcol\"><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5586\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5586\" style=\"width: 305px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a class=\"thickbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bilbaoport.eus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/muelle-de-hierro-2012.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5586 \" title=\"Iron Dock 2012\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bilbaoport.eus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/muelle-de-hierro-2012-305x202.jpg\" alt=\"Iron Dock 2012\" width=\"305\" height=\"202\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5586\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iron Dock 2012<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><\/div><div class=\"clear\"><\/div><\/p>\n <div class=\"hide-for-small page-options-container hide-for-print\"> <hr class=\"page-options\"\/> <ul class=\"inline right page-options\"><li><a class=\"bmprint\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Print this article\"><i class=\"icon-print\"><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a class=\"bmsend2friend\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Article of interest: The Portugalete Iron Dock is 125 years old - 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