Serradúy

Serradúy is situated in the Ribagorza region in the far east of Huesca province. It is situated between two mayor touristic attractions of the province: the Cathedral of Roda de Isábena and the Monastery of Santa María de Obarra which are both on the A-1605 from Graus over Capella to Bonansa and the N-260. The mill is next to this road a few steps from the famous Romanesque masonry bridge over the Isábena river.

Pictures: 17.x.2020

(5) Maltezer cross on the lintel
of the blind window (left in 4)

(6) Asegurado por Lepanto S.A.
Insured by Lepanto.
(attached to a door of the house next to the mill)

Two doors (see 4, 9) give access to the construction. Both were closed and locked so we couldn't enter the workplace. Fortunately, there was a narrow window opening (9) next to the entrance to the grain mill, and so we could get an idea of its content.

First we have a hurstframe (7, right) with place for one couple of stones. There is a round dust cover (guardapolvo) topped with a feeding hopper (tolva). The rest of the feeding system (centrifugal feeder, because the funnel is centered on the stonecase) is absent. Next to the stones we see a bolting machine (7, left).

(7) Workplace of the grainmill; equipment of the power station visible in the background.

I am not sure this is the original configuration. The devices are so close to the walls and to each other that there doesn't seem to be enough space to work there.

In the background we also see elements that may have belonged to the central eléctrica: possibly a turbine, a dynamo, and a panel with indicators.

(8) Old wiring from the mill to the grid.

(9) Decommissioned bedstone next
to entrance of the grain mill.

(11) Old pylon on right bank (left in 10).

(12) Old pylon on left bank (right in 10).