Timeline

1890-1900

1890

Chavarri and Gandarias installed 1 loading dock in Olabeaga that used the railway line from Bilbao to Portugalete

1890

Elia Garci-Lara Catalá designed and patented a mechanical washing machine that could be considered the first in history

1890

The first general workers’ strike in Bizkaia, which led more than 20,000 people to strike to improve working conditions, was led by Facundo Perezagua

1891

Foundation of Astilleros del Nervión, shipyard company limited

1892

Ferrocarril del Cadagua (Zorroza to Balmaseda) installs a loading dock in Zorroza. The line will become the railway from Bilbao to Santander

1893

Inauguration of the Suspension Bridge or Vizcaya Bridge

1894

Construction of the El Saltillo Palace

1895

The invention of the cinematograph by the Lumierè brothers

1899

The invention of the one-handed medical syringe by Letitia Mumford Gee

The invention of the Diesel Enginer

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