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* * ** 6 6.5 DRYSTONE MASONRY STRUCTURES
(reservoirs, pools, cisterns and
wells), ovens and charcoal loading
points.
This trades and their constructions
began to decline with technological
progress, which led to the abandonment
of this craft industry. Snow
houses were abandoned for good in
the 1920's once this trade could no
longer compete with ice manufacturing
factories; This process was similar
for both charcoal production,
when electricity and butane gas
became widely used in the 1950's,
and the limekilns when new building
materials were introduced.
diversos sistemes per proveir-se
d'aigua (aljubs, basses, cisternes i
pous), forns de pa i carregadors per
al carb6.
L'ofici i les construccions entraren
en decadelncia amb els avan~os tecnics
que feren abandonar els metodes
artesans. Les cases de neu s'abandonaren
definitivament a la
decada de 1920 a causa de la
impossibilitat de competir amb les
fabriques de gel; la producci6 de
carb6, quan es popularitzaren I'electricitat
i el gas buta en els anys 1950-
1960; i els forns de cal~, quan s'introdu'iren
nous materials de construcci6,