Supplying water to barcelona

The need to bring water to Barcelona became a big business, because it required big infrastructures. Palau, Garcia i Companyia was the company that started up the Dosrius aqueduct. Later it became the Société Générale des Eaux de Barcelone —with French capital— the forerunner of the Sociedad General de Aguas de Barcelona.

Bringing water from Maresme to Barcelona was not easy because, among other difficulties, it was necessary to cross the River Besòs. This problem was overcome by means of the Rec Comtal canal, between Trinitat and Torre Baró, thanks to a 1,000-metre syphon. The water supply started in 1871.

The aqueduct’s mark

The bridge is in Parc Central in Nou Barris, a green zone of 17 hectares with unique historical buildings such as the old asylum, the Institut Mental de la Santa Creu, Can Carreras, an old farmhouse, and Fòrum Nord, a centre for innovative business ideas.