Heritage · Ocentejo
La Inesperada saltworks (Ocentejo)
La Inesperada saltworks stand beside the mouth of the Ablanquejo where it joins the Tajo, very close to Hundido de Armallones. Built communally in 1860, they operated until 1936, with a building for storage and living quarters and stone-lined channels and basins where salt water evaporated. They are now abandoned and have no visitor facilities.
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- Municipality
- Ocentejo
- Province
- Guadalajara
- Altitude
- 821 m
- 1860–1936
- Communal saltworks
- Beside the Hundido
- No visitor facilities
Salt from two sources
The works used both the brackish water of a stream flowing into the Tajo and the rock salt found in the surrounding rocks. Water collected in stone-floored basins and left salt behind as it evaporated.
A village enterprise
Built as communal saltworks in 1860, they operated without interruption until 1936. Warehouses, ponds, channels and rudimentary settling basins survive.
Before you go
They are abandoned and have no visitor facilities. You can reach them on foot from Ocentejo along the path passing the Ojos de la Cárquima.
Location
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Reference villages: Canales del Ducado · Ocentejo · Sacecorbo · Huertapelayo.
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