Fábrica de harinas La Esperanza, Industrial heritage building in Alcalá de Henares, Spain
Fábrica de harinas La Esperanza is an industrial flour mill in Alcalá de Henares built following the Manchester factory model with neo-Mudejar architectural details and vertical production distribution across multiple floors. The building combines functional industrial design with decorative elements, showing the typical structure of an early 20th-century mill.
The facility was founded by Sergio Real Hernández in 1916 and operated as a flour mill until 1988. It was built during a period when such factories were modernizing Spain and introducing new technologies to food production.
The building shows how flour production shifted from water-powered systems to electric mills, marking the transition to modern manufacturing methods. You can still see traces of this industrial transformation in the structure of the place today.
The building now houses a language school after being renovated in 1990 and is not accessible as a working factory. Visitors can see the external architecture and structure, but should check beforehand what interior areas are open to view.
Inside, the original mechanical equipment from 1916 remains intact, including Daverio cylinder mills and plansichters that represent early milling technology. These preserved machines show how flour production worked during that era.
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