CF Mineiro do Lena-Portugal
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h_raky
N 39° 35.780 W 008° 50.216
29S E 514000 N 4382968
In this area existed in the 30s and 40s of last century a coal mine and a railway line.
Waymark Code: WMABQ6
Location: Leiria, Portugal
Date Posted: 12/20/2010
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The line was removed when the mine closed and the road to the mine was abandoned.
Today with the emergence of evidence Downhill mountain biking, this area of the mountain again had a lot of movement especially lovers of all land.
Today it is almost impossible go there and you can not find someone to do the trail.
The thermal power was built by the railway company Mineiro do Lena between the years 1930 and 1933 and it was through her that the people of Porto de Mos and other neighboring counties, they first saw their houses lit without be the primitive oil lamps or oil lamps.
The daily consumption of Central was around 30 to 40 tons of coal and producing about 1,250 kilowatts per hour.
This news came to the Central degraded somewhat, with the area of dynamos and current distribution in a state relatively reasonable, much better than the boiler room which is severely degraded. The cooling tower of the turbine is located outside the building and is still visible.
The story
There is also a locomotive on display at this company with the initials CFML, which according to some sources lies in the Mines of Pejão, Pedorido parish, Castelo de Paiva, and according to others in front of the train station in Faro.
Thanks to the simulation of railway and dedication of Herlander Silva e Eugénio Santos can make a closer idea of the times.
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