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Chamberí’s former metro station, now a museum, holds ceramic advertisements framed in ochre and blue bands. Elsewhere in Madrid, the Pacífico engine hall and the Caños del Peral site at Ópera show how the city generated power for its trains and handled water.
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Ceramic advertisements
Chamberí station closed in 1966 and opened to the public as a museum in 2008, after restoration. Museos Metro Madrid says its vault is covered in white bevelled tile and that large Sevillian-tile panels mark out the outline of the ceramic advertisements in ochre and blue bands. It describes the advertisements as preserved almost exactly as created in the 1920s.[1]
Three engines at Pacífico
The Pacífico engine hall was built in 1922–23. It houses three diesel engines and other machinery, including alternators and transformers, which once generated and transformed the power that ran the trains.[2]
Waterworks at Ópera station
At Ópera station, the Caños del Peral site displays part of a fountain dated between the late sixteenth and early seventeenth century, part of the route of the Amaniel aqueduct and the Arenal drain. The work began in 2006 and finished in 2011, alongside improvement works at the station.[3]
Good to know
A few clear answers before you explore.
What survives inside Chamberí station?
A vault of white bevelled tiles and ceramic advertisements outlined by Sevillian tile panels in ochre and blue bands.[1]
What powered trains from the Pacífico hall?
Three diesel engines, with alternators and transformers, generated and transformed the power.[2]
Which older waterworks are shown at Ópera station?
Parts of the Caños del Peral fountain and the Amaniel aqueduct, and the Arenal drain.[3]
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