The darkest hour is just before the dawn. In this case the proverbial dawn came from the Spanish city Sabadell, located southwest of Barcelona. Together with Terrassa, Sabadell formed the large textile centre of Spain and it was also the residence of the construction workshop of Salvador Picañol. His eldest son Juan focused mainly on the automation of weaving machines, whereas the youngest son Jaimé was a designer of gears and gearboxes. In 1935, Juan Picañol created the design for an automatic weaving machine. Now all he needed was a partner to develop it. The outbreak of the Spanish Civil War made the brothers decide to travel to Flanders to canvass financial resources for the commercialisation of their ideas.
Monday, January 24, 2011
Help from Spain
The darkest hour is just before the dawn. In this case the proverbial dawn came from the Spanish city Sabadell, located southwest of Barcelona. Together with Terrassa, Sabadell formed the large textile centre of Spain and it was also the residence of the construction workshop of Salvador Picañol. His eldest son Juan focused mainly on the automation of weaving machines, whereas the youngest son Jaimé was a designer of gears and gearboxes. In 1935, Juan Picañol created the design for an automatic weaving machine. Now all he needed was a partner to develop it. The outbreak of the Spanish Civil War made the brothers decide to travel to Flanders to canvass financial resources for the commercialisation of their ideas.
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A la recherche de Salvador Picañol.
ReplyDeleteJe m'appelle Léon Desmarets né le 3/10/1950
En première année primaire, j'étais dans la même classe que Salvador.
Le dimanche après-midi, on venait me chercher pour que j'aille jouer avec lui au “château” Picañol.
C'était dans un parc situé non loin de l'actuel parc d'attractions “Bellewarde”
Et puis, en fin d'humanité nos chemins se sont séparés.
Je souhaite pouvoir contacter Salvador. Quelqu'un peut-il m'aider ?
E-mail: leon.desmarets@hotmail.com