Summary - TST 23
TRANSPORTES, SERVICIOS Y TELECOMUNICACIONES
Ramón Molina de Dios y Antònia Morey Tous
Ferrocarril, localización empresarial y transformaciones urbanísticas en la ciudad de Palma (1870-1940).
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SUMMARY TST 23
Key Words:
Railways, Ports, Transport networks, Urban development,
Business combination.
[ Abstract ]
The construction of a railway in an island territory marked by a growing commercial and industrial dynamism can only be understood in light of the intention to connect the local industry and commerce with foreign markets. Until the mid-twentieth century, the port of Palma was almost the only means of arrival and departure of manufactured goods, food products and industrial inputs on the island of Mallorca. However, the connection between the rail system and the port had to overcome a major obstacle: the city of Palma and its belt of walls that stood between the railway and the docks. This paper analyzes both the vicissitudes of articulating the basic railway network and its influence on city planning and location of industries and services.
[ Abstract ]
The construction of a railway in an island territory marked by a growing commercial and industrial dynamism can only be understood in light of the intention to connect the local industry and commerce with foreign markets. Until the mid-twentieth century, the port of Palma was almost the only means of arrival and departure of manufactured goods, food products and industrial inputs on the island of Mallorca. However, the connection between the rail system and the port had to overcome a major obstacle: the city of Palma and its belt of walls that stood between the railway and the docks. This paper analyzes both the vicissitudes of articulating the basic railway network and its influence on city planning and location of industries and services.