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       2025-08-05T19:12:11Z
       
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       #OtD 5 Aug 1835 the first factory in Spain to use a steam engine to power machinery, the Bonaplata factory in Barcelona, was assaulted and burned to the ground by luddite gangs known as Bullangues https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10489/bonaplata-factory-destroyed-by-luddites