Iron jetty in Portugalete

The industrialisation of the Basque Country was made possible by two key circumstances: on the one hand, the presence in Meatzaldea of a low phosphor iron ore, which is ideal for making steel using the Bessemer process, and, on the other, the construction of the iron jetty/dyke in Portugalete by engineer Evaristo de Churruca.

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