1. Location.

Aceña del Duque is located in the munucipality of Torrejoncillo, near the Alagón river. The Duke of Alba was the owner of a watermill for grinding cereals (Aceña). Its name is due to this. Extremadura was unable to compete with Cataluña textile Factory making clothes. Because of that, the fulling machine (“Batán”) was abandoned and this building was used to make a hydroelectric power plan providing electricity to industry of Torrejoncillo.

Aceña del Duque se encuentra en el municipio de Torrejoncillo, cerca del río Alagón. El duque de 

Alba era dueño de un molino de agua para moler cereales (Aceña). Su nombre se debe a esto. 

Extremadura no pudo competir con la fábrica textil de Cataluña confeccionando

ropa. Debido a eso, la máquina de llenado ("Batán") fue abandonada y este edificio se 

utilizó para hacer un plan de energía hidroeléctrica que proporciona electricidad a la industria

de Torrejoncillo.

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The plant uses hydraulic energy.

The water goes to the turbine.

The turbine transmitted the energy to a tree and it moved some gears
that multiplied the revolutions through an axis that has
disappeared.

The turbine was supposed to be of the Francis type.

The center was installed in 1898.

In 1910 the turbine was changed to a type called caplan to give it more
or less energy.

The energy that was generated was low voltage.

It was 4000V or 5000V.

There was a transformer for the voltage. 

The poles were very weak and fell.

Due to the river art of the weir was demolished with which the water no

longer reached the turbine and because it was very expensive to fix

it, it remained as a crop field.

Vídeo sobre la central de la Aceña