La Constancia Mexicana
La Constancia Mexicana is a textile factory 9 km (5.6 mi) from downtown Puebla, in the state of Mexico. The factory was the first textile mill to integrate automatic machinery into the production process.[1]
La Constancia Mexicana, Puebla
Site description
The factory was built within Santo Domingo Hacienda, which had an established hydrological infrastructure useful to textile manufacturing. The hacienda's architecture was updated to the 19th-century style, giving it a unique appearance. Thus, the factory introduced a new architectural style along with the new machinery.[1]
World Heritage Status
This site was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List on December 6, 2004 in the Cultural category.[1]
gollark: Implemented it on computers, i mean.
gollark: Wikipedia says "stenotype" is faster. I wonder if anyone's implemented that.
gollark: As I said, from what I've heard, it was just designed to stop them jamming by spreading the keys out, not by making you type slower; I shall have to check.
gollark: which is not the same thing.
gollark: Apparently it was designed to put frequently accessed keys far away from each other.
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