Name 1
ALUDEL
Name 2
ALUDEL
ID number
001.66.Almadén
Manager / Administrator
Reyes Ávila Bercial, Cerco San Teodoro, s/n, 13400-Almadén (Ciudad Real)
Ownership
Public
Institution
Minas de Almadén y Arrayanes, S.A
Local / Original ID Number
001.001.003.297
Type of Object
Smelting
Description
Short description
Each of the fired clay pipes, similar to a bottomless pot, is connected to each other in a row, and they are used in aludel or Bustamante furnaces to condense the mercury vapours produced by the roasting of quicksilver ore.
Measures
"length: 0.45m
width: 0.45m
height: 1.15m"
width: 0.45m
height: 1.15m"
Materials
Ceramic
Dating
Early 20th century
Author / Producer
Minas de Almadén
Illustrations
Original use
Mercury condensation.
Present use
Museum and didactic use.
Original location
Smelting Furnace (Cerco de Destilación)
Present location
Mercury Museum (Mining Park)
STATE OF CONSERVATION
History of conservation:
Present state
good
Necessary activities:
DOCUMENTATION
Addresses /collections/links etc. where further in-depth information is accessible:
www.parqueminerodealmaden.es
Submitted
AYUNTAMIENTO ALMADEN
Submitted by
Alicia Escudero & Águeda Moyano
Date Submitted
26. 4. 2022
Date Edited
Never