El pantano de Relleu y el riego de la huerta de Villajoyosa (1653-1879)
ISSN: 0213-4691, 1989-9890
Year of publication: 2003
Issue: 30
Pages: 97-118
Type: Article
More publications in: Investigaciones Geográficas (España)
Abstract
The current work is aimed at analysing the origins of the project and construction of the Relleu dam and it's repercussions in the spacial changes of the area known as la Huerta de Villajoyosa. Follower of Tibi's model dam, Relleu introduced a series of important technical improvements and it's construction -of local iniciative with the approval of the Monarch- was surrounded by strong controversy between the building population and the nearby Villa de Relleu, where the wall was erected. We also focus some problems of filling coming from the sediments found in the base, which will end up rendering it unusable in the first half of the XX century.