Humberstone and Santa Laura cities are 1.5 km apart, are still ghost towns that have been days of glory and wealth, home of many Europeans who have emigrated and most of these wealth business. British adventurers, has invested in the nitrate industry the driest desert in the world, and the extraction of minerals known as "white gold". Other plants of nitrate were also in the circle of major development in the region were the offices of Chacabuco Pampa Union and cities today Puelma Francisco Real Spirit into the desert.
Humberstone, was built in 1872 by the owner of the Peruvian Society of nitrate use the name of La Palma, in commemoration of the battle the town of that name in Lima in 1855. Â After the Pacific war ended the British firm of Gibbs & Company is the new owner of Humberstone, turning certificates received by the previous sale.
Santa Laura, was built on the same date was Humberstone And the company ownership Bar Riesco. In 1915, the government has been bought by English owners Foelsch & Martin. He became the second largest office nitrate and you can start the Second World War and also after the synthesis of nitrate introduced market. Chilean nitrate synthesis have prices that were almost impossible to compete.
In 1932, Humberstone suffered the first blow and stopped working under the administration of Gibbs, and finally closed in 1958. Santa Laura also offices closed in 1960, two were auctioned in 1961.
Nitric offices or the cities developed in a large urban community and its particular language, customs and cultural expressions as well as a business and technology deployment, therefore, these cities have witnessed. The nitrate industry has also been recognized as an important influence on the modernization of agriculture in the world and one of the biggest international companies. Companies nitrate in northern Chile were major producer of nitrate in the natural world.
These small towns or cities of nitrate were home to all workers with employees and managers, which has almost reached about 3,700 people at once, now abandoned ghost towns, which resemble a rich history and today are an important tourist and cultural attraction in the region. The design and architecture of these cities has influenced the French Industrial Revolution and now are an example of industrial archeology worth a visit.
Another thing that we must mention nitrate these cities have been building schools, hospitals, hotels, markets, sports facilities, swimming pools and even a theater in the introduction of international trade fairs and shows examples of the richness and seeing the people who lived here, had almost all commodities and entertainment in these small towns that were in the middle of nowhere.
These nitrate offices are located in northern Chile, 57 kilometers from Iquique, and now people real ghost completely abandoned, still remained of what life was like for people who have lived and worked in the race â € € œwhite nitrate Golda.
To visit this site, you can travel to the northern city of Iquique called then visit the small town of Pica, Matilla and La Tirana is also very attractive and rural communities around the area and then travel to these ghost towns that are close and then enjoy this unique experience to tour the ghost town in its buildings and homes remaining.
Today, these cities are a major attraction tourism in the region, real and natural museums open a UNESCO designated World Heritage Site, with Sewell, Easter Island, Valparaiso, href = "http://www.visitchile.com/eng/valparaiso-santiago-vineyards.asp"> and the churches of Chiloé
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