Pulacayo
Sign in to saveThe historic industrial site of Pulacayo is located in the Potosí Department of Bolivia. The mining center developed around Huanchaca, the world's second largest silver mine, and was founded in 1833. Features of the mining center include: Aniceto Arce’s house The Maestranza The refinery’s smelting works A spinning mill The first railroad to ever reach Bolivia
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The entry is geolocated on the map in P, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including Buildings and structures in Potosí Department, Culture of Bolivia and Silver mining in Bolivia.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mining community
- Country
- Bolivia
- Time zone
- UTC−04:00
- Image
- Huanchaca 1880.png
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- Commons category
- Pulacayo
- heritage designation
- Tentative World Heritage Site
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Encyclopedic overview
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The historic industrial site of Pulacayo is located in the Potosí Department of Bolivia. The mining center developed around Huanchaca, the world's second largest silver mine, and was founded in 1833. Features of the mining center include: Aniceto Arce’s house The Maestranza The refinery’s smelting works A spinning mill The first railroad to ever reach Bolivia
Pulacayo also contains a train that Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid robbed.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pulacayo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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