{"id":59463,"date":"2026-04-17T09:33:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T09:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lagarganta2026.somoswom.es\/zona-de-interes\/conde-del-guadalhorce-reservoir\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T09:06:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T09:06:35","slug":"conde-del-guadalhorce-reservoir","status":"publish","type":"zona-de-interes","link":"https:\/\/lagarganta2026.somoswom.es\/en\/zona-de-interes\/conde-del-guadalhorce-reservoir\/","title":{"rendered":"Conde del Guadalhorce Reservoir"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In the early 20th century, M\u00e1laga\u2019s electricity supply depended on two foreign companies, which generated electricity using steam engines. Two of the leading families of M\u00e1laga\u2019s industrial bourgeoisie, the Lorings and the Heredias \u2013 who were related to one another \u2013 were the driving forces behind a business venture that culminated in the construction of the El Chorro Reservoir, known since 1953 as the Conde de Guadalhorce Reservoir. <\/p>\n

It was none other than the first Count of Guadalhorce, the engineer Rafael Benjumea Bur\u00edn, who realised that the province\u2019s industrial development depended on the construction of a power station capable of generating sufficient electricity.<\/p>\n

Rafael Benjumea was married to Isabel Heredia Loring, whose cousin, Jorge Loring Heredia, had been granted a licence in 1901 to develop hydroelectric power on the River Guadalhorce. In 1903, Jorge Loring, Rafael Benjumea and Francisco Silvela (who was also married to a Loring Heredia) founded the Sociedad Hidroel\u00e9ctrica de El Chorro, with a capital of two million pesetas, the aim of which was to generate electricity without relying on any foreign capital. <\/p>\n

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