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A virtual reconstruction of a wave-powered flour mill from 1801 López Membrilla, Manuel Villasevil Marco, Francisco Javier López Membrilla, Dolores Monguet Fierro, José María Marqués Calvo, José Joaquín Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Arquitectura Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::So, imatge i multimèdia Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria civil Ocean wave power Flour mills Digital modeling Virtual simulation Sustainable technology Industrial heritage Molins fariners Around 1801, Francisco Terrés i Serra designed and developed a ­sustainable wave-powered flour mill in Vilanova i la Geltrú, a town located on the Mediterranean coast south of Barcelona, Spain. The mill, which was located on the seashore, consisted of a system of paddles driven by waves that provided the energy necessary to pump sea water to a gathering pond located at a height of 5 m above sea level. This water was then fed to a wooden waterwheel that, via a lantern wheel, turned two sets of millstones in the upper room of the mill where the flour was ground. The mill is now located more than 50 m from the water line due to the ­sedimentation of the coastline caused by the construction of nearby breakwater walls. Only a small part of the building is still standing, however, and there are no traces of the original hydropower or pumping systems. Using information gathered by the historian Francisco Conde and original plans of the mill obtained from the Navy Command in Barcelona, we created a virtual reconstruction of the flour mill complex and its hydraulic components and a 3D simulation of how the mill operated. Peer Reviewed Postprint (published version) 2011-04-06 Part of book or chapter of book https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-94-007-1251-5 Restricted access - publisher's policy Springer