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The naturally strategic position of the Port of Marin was paramount for the Navy when in 1916 they set up a Naval Base and installed the Shooting and Calibration Centre by means of the Royal Decree of 4th December 1920. The Janer Firing Range and a desire to expand the military installations led to a new Commercial Wharf being designed as from 1929.
A few years later, town and port lands were handed over for the San Fernando Naval Officers’ School, opened on 24th September 1943. From that date on, the school was to take over the Eastern and Western docks as well as the basin they formed with the New Commercial Wharf, although the official concession dates from 17th February 1945.
In the background, the Western dock with the installations of the Naval Firing Range in 1929. Both military and merchant sea vessels moored at the dock. The Dos Blancos basin for Shooting practice and in the foreground, small fishing boats next to the shoreline.
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Landfills for the Naval School
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Late 1930’s – in the foreground, building works in the military basin, the small vessels basin with the New Commercial Wharf and in the background, the unfilled shoreline.
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The Naval School near completion in 1943
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In 1947 – the new Port of Marin basin and, in the background, the Military Port where the Elcano Training Ship is moored, clearly distinguishable with its 4 masts.
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The first electric drive crane, with a haul rating of 1.5 tons, purchased by the Zorroza workshops in 1935, was installed until 1940 on the first line of the Western dock next to the 3 and 5-ton cranes. The photo shows it installed on the New Commercial Wharf
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In 1919, design of the Dry Dock commenced, which was completed in the 1940’s and run by Tiburcio González from 1952 to 1972. After 1972 it became Factoría Naval de Marin. In 1928, Marin had two private shipyards, one belonging to Villanueva Recamán and Manuel Pardavila (NODOSA since 1993) and the other to the Hermida brothers, which became Astilleros de Marin after 1980 (up to 1999). Although it is not seen in this picture, another shipyard is operating in the East point of the port since 1961: Astilleros de Placeres
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Growth of the fishing sector led to the expansion of the Estribela jetty with a second line at the end of the 1920’s, which in turn was the forerunner of the Fishing Port completed in the 60’s. Between 1933 and 1934, the municipal Fish Market was expanded by 720 m2 by reforming the sales hall and the installations for fish preparation and packing. The Pérez Quevedo, Sancho y Cía ice plant was also installed at this time and expanded in 1946.
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