The Sedó Company Town in Esparreguera, founded in 1846, was the first Catalan textile industry company town, and the largest to be built in Catalonia. The tour of the Sedó Company Town serves to reveal the site’s history and its different areas, as well as its unique system of hydraulic power and energy efficiency
An audiovisual recreation and original model of the Sedó Company Town introduce visitors to the history of this huge complex. The route around the Museum takes visitors inside a large hydraulic turbine, spectacular underground spaces and the pipes through which the water flowed.
The visit is rounded off by a tour of the company town itself, revealing the scale of the complex: the Broquetes waterfall, the aqueduct, the Sedó family home, the church, workers’ housing, theatre, school and chimneys.
The Sedó Colony was founded in 1846 by Miquel Puig i Catasús. In the second half of the nineteenth century, construction began on workers’ housing and on the expansion of the factory. Under Antoni Sedó i Pàmies, who took over from the son of Miquel Puig i Catasús, this industrial colony completed its expansion and educational process, taking on his name.
After the Spanish Civil War (1936 – 1939) the workers’ colony reached its greatest growth to become one of the largest and most important companies in Catalan economic history. However, this coincided with the first signs of the economic crisis which increased from the early 1970s leading to the closure of the factory in 1980.
The nucleus of the Museum is now found in one of the former industrial spaces of the factory.
Opening hours
Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., except during the month of August, when the museum will be closed.
Arranged visits for groups or schools on Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., by prior arrangement on 93 789 22 44, Monday to Friday.
Closed
1 and 6 January, 24 June, 1 to 31 August and 25 and 26 December.
