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Images from the history of Caminito del Rey.
1- First photo of the construction of the service road photo between 1901 and 1905.
2 – Construction of what was the second service line (1905).
3 – Supply channel for the Chorro hydroelectric power plant.
4- Unpublished image of the construction of the aqueduct bridge (1903)
5. Chorro Hydroelectric Power Station and bridge over the Guadalhorce River. Álora, Málaga (Spain).
6 – Many maintenance tasks had to be carried out on boats equipped for this purpose, such as in the underground canal section.
7- Weir where the water sent to the power plant was used to generate hydroelectric energy.
8- Eugenio Ribera Bridge-Aqueduct being restored after a landslide destroyed part of its wall.
9 – Service road of the balconies in the part of the second walkway.
10 – Path and canal crossing the Gaitanejo gorge.
11 – Rainy day at the entrance to the walkway in the old Caminito del Rey.
12.Gaitanes Gorge and Caminito del Rey (Malaga, Spain).
13. Toro Cave Bridge and spillway of the canal at the height of the Paloma Gorge.
14 – Gaitanes Gorge and railway bridge (Málaga, Spain).
15 – Construction of the Chorro reservoir. Around 1921. Malaga, Spain.
16 – Chorro reservoir dam (Málaga, Spain).
17 – Royal Visit 1921. His Majesty King Alfonso XIII has just arrived by train at Gobante station where the royal events begin. Important people greet his arrival.
18-1921. Moment in which the King lays the last stone to inaugurate the El Chorro Reservoir dam.
19 – Group of hikers crossing the Caminito del Rey.
20 – Visit of General Primo de Ribera to the Balconcillos, year 1923.
21 – Important people passing through the Balconcillos, the ladies even wore heels.
22 – 1923 – Official visit of Primo de Ribera crossing the Cueva del Toro bridge.
23- 1939. Period family visiting the Caminito del Rey.
24 – Locals who used the Caminito del Rey as a means of rapprochement between the different populations in the area.
25 – Children playing in the Caminito del Rey.
26 – RAFAEL BENJUMEA Y BURIN- Chief Engineer of the construction works of the First Hydroelectric Power Plant of El Chorro and the El Chorro Reservoir Dam.
27 .Prohibitive sign at the entrance to Caminito del Rey 80 years.
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