A leisure park

The site the factory had occupied became City Council property when the company moved to Santa Perpètua. A large shopping centre, La Maquinista, was built on it, along with a park and a green space with children’s play areas, spaces for dogs and table-tennis tables. There is a large, semicircular lake at the centre, known as the Estany de Narcís Monturiol. A boat-shaped iron building has been preserved at one end. This is the work of Juan Fernando de Mendoza and houses the Museu Macosa MTM, a museum which keeps historical company documents and other items. It is currently closed.

La Maquinista drive wheel

One of the park’s most characteristic elements must be the drive wheel of the first steam engine that the factory used when it was located in La Barceloneta, and which was moved to Sant Andreu in 1963. It also stands out for the originality of the lamps in its park, which mimic the shape of factory chimneys.