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History > Effects of the War and Postwar Period |
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OriginsCarril's ExpansionVilagarcía's TakeoffAdministrative Comission of the Port > Effects of the War and Postwar Period Incipient OrganizationIberport and Development Plan |
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Effects of the War and Postwar Period The Civil War and its direct and indirect effects open another period of clear transition in the history of the Port of Vilagarcía that goes to 1.949, when its emblematic engineer Rafael Arizcun Moreno dies. Two months later, he is replaced by García Toriello who also marks another period inside the history of the port due to his strong personality. To face the lack of resources, the Port Administrative Commission depends almost exclusively during these years on the funds from the State. And, despite these difficulties, between 1.939 and 1.949 the final bases of the Port of Vilagarcía are set down. “From that moment, there will be quay enlargements, replacements, land-fillings, new roads; but always starting from the macrostructure designed in the pre-war and completed at the beginning of the fifties, after not few difficulties and delays because of the economic insufficiency. The construction of the access from Gondar-Vilagarcía road, for example, took more than 20 years to be finished. The port traffic takes during this period a new course, from a qualitative perspective as well as a quantitative one. On the one hand, traditional merchandise like wood was recouped in a spectacular way, until reaching almost 50% of the total movement in 1.949 while the general merchandise reaches 30% and the other 20% belongs to solid bulks. Both, the boarding of emigrants and the dock of war ships from foreign countries disappear. On the other hand, the drop in the traffic rates is very pronounced. The rates obtained in 1.935 (90.000 tons) are not reached again until 1.946, and to match the figures obtained at the end of the twenties (140.000-150.000 tons), we have to wait until the early fifties. At the end of the forties, The Port of Vilagarcía also faces the replacement of the old Ramal Quay made of iron by a new one, made of stone, what supposes expensive repairs. The initial proposal of this essential replacement comes from Rafael Arizcun in 1.947, but the replacement project of the Ramal Quay of the railway is carried out later by his successor as director of the Port, García Toriello, and its definitive authorization by the General Direction of Ports dates from 1.950. The works of the replacement of the iron quay for a new one were awarded to Elosúa y Cía in 1951 by a global budget of 3.244.000 pesetas, after making a reform that delayed the definitive reception until march 1954. With the passage of time, the traffic influx to the Ramal Quay causes an enlargement and extension of this quay, whose new physiognomy will remain until the eighties. These works are awarded in October 1961 to Construcciones Civiles by an initial budget of 20.151.143 pesetas, suffering afterwards, several increases due to revisions and reforms. > Photographic Support   |
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