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Spain, Andalusia, Huelva province. Opening of the public passenger service on the Tharsis-Odiel River railway line. The line was built by the British Tharsis Sulphur and Cooper Company, which owned several mines in the Huelva area of Tharsis. Ir was the second railway to be built in the province of Huelva, and it ran from the Tharsis mines to the port of Corrales, near Huelva. A single-track, 809-metre-long, and iron wharf was built on the Odiel River. Later, new branches were added to the main line; in 1881 a 15 km section was built that went to the Laguzano Mine. On 19 July 1881, The Rio-Tinto Company Limited, the concessionaire of the Rio Tinto mines since 1873, opened its railway to passenger traffic. Arrival of the first train for the passenger service at "Medio-Millar" station on July 19, 1881. Engraving by Bernardo Rico y Ortega (1825-1894). La Ilustracion Espa–ola y Americana, 1881.
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Spain, Andalusia, Huelva province. Opening of the public passenger service on the Tharsis-Odiel River railway line. The line was built by the British Tharsis Sulphur and Cooper Company, which owned several mines in the Huelva area of Tharsis. Ir was the second railway to be built in the province of Huelva, and it ran from the Tharsis mines to the port of Corrales, near Huelva. A single-track, 809-metre-long, and iron wharf was built on the Odiel River. Later, new branches were added to the main line; in 1881 a 15 km section was built that went to the Laguzano Mine. On 19 July 1881, The Rio-Tinto Company Limited, the concessionaire of the Rio Tinto mines since 1873, opened its railway to passenger traffic. Arrival of the first train for the passenger service at "Medio-Millar" station on July 19, 1881. Engraving by Bernardo Rico y Ortega (1825-1894). La Ilustracion Espa–ola y Americana, 1881.
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1881 • 19 CENTURY • 19TH CENTURY • 19TH CENTURY. • 19TH • 19TH-CENTURY • ANDALUCIA • ANDALUSIA • ANDALUSIAN • ANDALUZA • BANNER • BRITISH • CARRIAGE • CHEERFULNESS • CONTEMPORARY AGE • CONTEMPORARY PERIOD • ENGLISH • ENGRAVED • ENGRAVING (ARTWORK) • ENGRAVING • ENGRAVING. • ENGRAVINGS • ETCHING • EUROPA • EUROPE • FLAG • FUME • GAIETY • GOOD FORTUNE • GREET • GREETING • GREETINGS • HAPPINESS • HILARITY • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORIA • HISTORY • HISTORY. • HUELVA PROVINCE • HUELVA • HUMANS • INAUGURAL JOURNEY • INAUGURAL • INAUGURATION • INGLES • JOY • LA ILUSTRACION ESPA–OLA Y AMERICANA • LA ILUSTRACION ESPANOLA Y AMERICANA • LIVELINESS • LOAD • LOADING • LOCOMOTIVE • LOCOMOTIVES • LUMBER • MEDIO-MILLAR STATION • MEDIO-MILLAR • MERRIMENT • MINERIA • MINING • NINETEENTH CENTURY • OPEN • OPENING DAY • OPENING • PASSENGER TRAFFIC • PASSENGER • PASSENGERS • PEOPLE • PRINT • PROVINCE OF HUELVA • PUBLIC SERVICE • RAIL TRANSPORT • RAIL • RAILROAD STATION • RAILROAD WORKER • RAILS • RAILWAY STATION • RAILWAY TRANSPORTATION • RAILWAY WORKER • REIGN OF ALFONSO XII • RIO TINTO COMPANY LIMITED • RIO TINTO • RIO-TINTO COMPANY LIMITED, THE • SALUTE • SEASON • SEASONS • SMOKE • SMOKING • SPAIN • SPANISH AND AMERICAN ILLUSTRATION, THE • SPANISH • STATION • STEAM TRAIN • STEAM • STEAMER • THARSIS MINES LINE • THARSIS RAILWAY • TIMBER • TRAIN STATION • TRAIN STATIONS • TRAIN • TRAINS • TRAIT • TRANSPORT • TRANSPORTATION • TRAVELER • TRAVELLER • TRAVELLERS • VAGON • VAPOR • VAPOUR • VOYAGER • WAGGON • WAGON • WAGONS • WAVING • WELCOMING • WILDNESS • WOOD • WOODEN WAGONS • WOODEN • XIX CENTURY
