RECOVERY OF THE CRANES OF PUERTO DE ASUNCIÓN, ICON OF THE PORT AREA, GRUA PORTICO RIELES SYSTEM AND ITS TECHNOLOGY

Abstract

The result of an investigation is exposed based on the description of significant elements of the Port of Asunción for the conservation of SISTEMA GRUA PORTICO - RIELES to be preserved and revalued in its physical, formal, spatial and aesthetic aspect of heritage value, with emphasis on the technological and construction aspects as a means of recovering the cranes from the port which allows us to appreciate the benefits represented for the City of Asunción by the visualization of the Patrimonial Heritage Furniture, part of the relevant public space. The Historical research was carried out from the origins of the cranes themselves, using manufacturing patents and place of origin, to demonstrate how they arrived at the Port of Asunción, as well as the manufacturing systems, the handling of the raw material, and the relationship between port activity and the railway system. Finally the work was done, not only recovery of cranes and rails, a lighting system was also proposed for the Movable Property, in favor of the Valorization of the Heritage Property, as an integrating view of the urban set and as a contribution to the collective memory of the City