La Constancia Mexicana is a textile factory from downtown

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. The factory was the first

textile mill Textile Manufacturing or Textile Engineering is a major industry. It is largely based on the conversion of fibre into yarn, then yarn into fabric. These are then dyed or printed, fabricated into cloth which is then converted into useful goods ...

to integrate automatic machinery into the production process.Industrial complex of the textile factory La Constancia Mexicana and its housing area - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
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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.

World Heritage Status

This site was added to the

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Tentative List on December 6, 2004 in the Cultural category.

References

Colonial Mexico Museums in Puebla World Heritage Sites in Mexico {{Mexico-stub