Pacífico Power Plant, Madrid Explained

The old Pacífico Power Plant (Spanish; Castilian: Nave de motores de Pacífico) is a former power station belonging to the Madrid Metro. On 11 April 2013 the Directorate General of Historical Heritage of the Community of Madrid declared it a Bien de Interés Cultural.^[1] It is known by the name of its most important components, three massive diesel ship engines, and the Pacífico Metro station nearby.

Built in the 1920s, the Nave de motores de Pacífico was an active electric power station until the 1950s.^[2] It is now an exhibition and event space.^[2] Its architect was Antonio Palacios.^[3]

At present it is, along with Chamberí station, which is over 5 km away, one of the two sites of Platform 0, the visitor centre of the Madrid Metro.

References

• This article was created from a translation of the equivalent article on the Spanish-language Wikipedia

External links

• • A View of Madrid: An Electrifying History

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Boletín Oficial de la Comunidad de Madrid . Decreto 28/2013, de 11 de abril, del Consejo de Gobierno, por el que se declara Bien de Interés Cultural, en la categoría de Monumento, la Antigua Central Eléctrica de Pacífico, en Madrid. 15 April 2013 . 142–149 . Spanish. 18 September 2016.
2. Web site: La ciencia inundará la Nave de Motores de Metro. 2016-05-27. Crónica Norte. es-ES. 2016-09-17.
3. Web site: Andén 0. www.metromadrid.es. 2016-09-18. Spanish.