The production and consumption of Gas in Málaga (1854-2009)

• Autores: Mercedes Fernández Paradas
• Localización: The Circulation of Science and Technology: Proceedings of the 4th International Conference of the European Society for the History of Science. Barcelona, 18-20 November 2010 / coord. por Antoni M. Roca Rosell, 2012, ISBN 978-84-9965-108-8, págs. 668-676
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The present work studies the evolution undergone in the production and consumption of gas in Málaga from 1854 –the year of the inauguration of public lighting– to the present day. To this end I have brought together the relevant statistics and information analysis, relating it to those factors which have conditioned the development of this activity, namely: the technology used, the business aspect, the spread of electricity and butane gas, the socio-economic structure of the city and the size of its population. The case of Málaga is particularly interesting due to the fact that it was, and still is, one of the largest urban areas in Spain –81.000 inhabitants in 1860 and 566.000 at present day– in addition, it underwent a notable industrialisation process from the mid-eighteen-eighties to the nineteen-twenties