Chimenea 'Monica'
Europe, Spain, Andalucia, Malaga, Huelin, Antonio Banderas Promenade, Playa de La Misericordia, 'Torre (Chimenea) Monica' (slightly cut)
Shown here is the chimney of the former 'Los Guindos' lead smelter. Constructed in 1923 (Felix von Schlippenbach), it was the then tallest building (96 m) in Spain. In the 50s, the lead smelting company employed some 300 workers. In 1979 the factory folded due to a structural lowered demand for lead. The factory itself was demolished, the chimney remained.
Some 15 years later the chimney, still standing, got a nickname, Monica - the name that was painted on it by a youngster (Jose Carlos), as a gesture to end a teenage lover ’s quarrel. Local lore has it that he planned to paint Monica te queiro (Monica, I love you) but ran out of paint. The gesture worked, Monica and Jose got back together, married later and live in Tenerife with two children now. The name remained on the chimney until the renovation of the edifice.
In the chimney is a memorial. The diameter at the base is 8 m, at the top, it’s 5 m. The thickness of the masonry wall start at 1,2 m and tapers down at the top at 0,25 m
Shot on the boulevard of Huelin. Now an attractive quarter, once an industrial zone. A picture of it in ‘industrial time’ is here.
Chimenea 'Monica'
Europe, Spain, Andalucia, Malaga, Huelin, Antonio Banderas Promenade, Playa de La Misericordia, 'Torre (Chimenea) Monica' (slightly cut)
Shown here is the chimney of the former 'Los Guindos' lead smelter. Constructed in 1923 (Felix von Schlippenbach), it was the then tallest building (96 m) in Spain. In the 50s, the lead smelting company employed some 300 workers. In 1979 the factory folded due to a structural lowered demand for lead. The factory itself was demolished, the chimney remained.
Some 15 years later the chimney, still standing, got a nickname, Monica - the name that was painted on it by a youngster (Jose Carlos), as a gesture to end a teenage lover ’s quarrel. Local lore has it that he planned to paint Monica te queiro (Monica, I love you) but ran out of paint. The gesture worked, Monica and Jose got back together, married later and live in Tenerife with two children now. The name remained on the chimney until the renovation of the edifice.
In the chimney is a memorial. The diameter at the base is 8 m, at the top, it’s 5 m. The thickness of the masonry wall start at 1,2 m and tapers down at the top at 0,25 m
Shot on the boulevard of Huelin. Now an attractive quarter, once an industrial zone. A picture of it in ‘industrial time’ is here.